The Beyond (1981)
- Original title
- ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà
- Directed by
- Lucio Fulci
- Genre
- horror film, zombie film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 678 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 woman inherits a hotel in Louisiana that was built over a gateway to hell. She discovers the hotel is haunted by the victims of a past murder and faces increasingly grotesque horrors.
dreamlikeunsettlingslow-burnbleakgorycreepynightmarishatmospheric
What happens
The Beyond (Italian: …E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà, lit. '...And you will live in terror! The afterlife') is a 1981 Italian Southern Gothic supernatural horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is based on an original story by Dardano Sacchetti, starring Catriona MacColl and David Warbeck. Its plot follows a woman who inherits a hotel in rural Louisiana that was once the site of a horrific murder, and which may be a gateway to hell. It is the second film in Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy after City of the Living Dead (1980), and was followed by The House by the Cemetery (1981). Filmed on location in and around New Orleans and at De Paolis Studios in Rome, in late 1980. Released theatrically in Italy in the spring of 1981, The Beyond did not see a North American release until late 1983 through Aquarius Releasing, which released an edited version of the film titled 7 Doors of Death; this version featured an entirely different musical score and ran several minutes shorter than Fulci's original cut, and was branded a "video nasty" immediately upon its release in the UK. The original version of the film saw its first USA release in September 1998 through a distribution partnership between Rolling Thunder Pictures, Grindhouse Releasing, and Cowboy Booking International. Following its release, the reception of The Beyond was polarized. Contemporary and retrospective critics have praised the film for its surrealistic qualities, special effects, musical score, and cinematography, but note its narrative inconsistencies; horror filmmakers and surrealists have interpreted these inconsistencies as intentionally disorienting, supplementing the atmospheric tone and direction. The Beyond is ranked among Fulci's most celebrated films, and has gained an international cult following over the ensuing decades. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Silver Slime (1981)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.