Synopsis
A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
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Cast
- Catriona MacCollLiza Merril
- David WarbeckJohn McCabe
- Cinzia MonrealeEmily
- Antoine Saint-JohnSchweick
- Veronica LazărMartha
- Larry RayLarry
- Al CliverDr. Harris
- Michele MirabellaMartin Avery
- Giampaolo SaccarolaArthur
- Maria Pia MarsalaJill
Recommendations
- 50
Austin Chronicle
Does it make any sense? Nope. Does this detract from the film? Not at all. It's classic Italian Grand Guignol at its most disturbing; a car crash, autopsy, and disembowelment all wrapped up in a nice, soggy package. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Classic Italian splatter directed by Lucio Fulci, reviled and adored in equal proportions by Euro-horror fans. - 50
Chicago Tribune
You know the drill: Seven gates of hell. The walking dead. Blood and spurting eyeballs. Strictly for horror mavens hungry for kitsch. [03 Jul 1998] - 50
Christian Science Monitor
There's more than enough gruesomeness to keep hard-core horror fans screaming, but others should stay a million miles away - or 2 million, if spiders make you squirm. [12 Jun 1998, p.B2] - 50
New York Post
If you can stomach the lavish gore, The Beyond also treats you to a three-ring circus of atrocious acting, loopy dialogue, a cheesy wah-wah guitar and synthesizer score and endless jump-out-at-you shocks. [12 Jun 1998, p.053] - 42
The A.V. Club
The Beyond's first half-hour or so is extremely entertaining, alternating between genuinely frightening, gory shocks and hilariously awkward, atonal acting. After a while, however, it becomes as dull as its repetitive Italian prog-rock soundtrack, neither good nor bad enough to hold your attention for long. - 38
Slant Magazine
Even by Argento standards, Fulci’s film is nonsensical to the point of distraction. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
The thriller is populated by the usual dimwits who stumble into horrific situations and don't have the good sense to leave, and it tries to pass off some of the sorriest excuses for zombies ever seen.
