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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Hell in the Jungle (1979)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.