Beyond the Darkness (1979)

Original title

Buio Omega

Directed by

Joe D'Amato

Genre

horror film, erotic film, exploitation film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 190 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A taxidermist named Francesco inherits a house in the woods after his parents die. His housekeeper Iris murders his girlfriend with a curse so Francesco steals her corpse and kills people connected to his obsession with her.

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What happens

Beyond the Darkness (Italian: Buio Omega, lit. 'Omega Darkness') is a 1979 Italian exploitation horror film directed by Joe D'Amato. It follows Francesco Koch (Kieran Canter), an orphaned taxidermist who inherits a house in the woods where he lives with his housekeeper Iris (Franca Stoppi), who is determined to become the new owner. After Iris kills his girlfriend Anna (Cinzia Monreale) with a voodoo curse, Francesco steals her corpse from the local cemetery. He then commits murders connected to his enduring passion for her. A local undertaker (Sam Modesto) investigates and meets Teodora (also Monreale), Anna's twin sister. Filmed in two weeks in South Tyrol, Beyond the Darkness is a remake of the 1966 film The Third Eye. It was released in Italy to what Italian film historian Roberto Curti described as relatively poor box office, and was re-released in Italy in 1987 as In quella casa Buio omega to associate it with the La casa film series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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