Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

Beyond the Black Rainbow poster
Directed by
Panos Cosmatos
Genre
horror film, science fiction film, arthouse science fiction film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 409 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with psychic abilities is held in a remote research facility in the 1980s. The doctor in charge becomes obsessed with controlling her powers and her mind.

psychedelicslow-burnsurrealhypnoticvisually stylizedominousemotionally coldretro-futuristic

What happens

Beyond the Black Rainbow is a 2010 Canadian psychedelic science fiction horror film written and directed by Panos Cosmatos in his feature film debut. It stars Michael Rogers and Eva Allan. Beyond the Black Rainbow was distributed by Mongrel Media in Canada, and by Magnet Releasing, a sub-division of Magnolia Pictures, in the United States. Produced and filmed in Vancouver, the film premiered at the 2010 Whistler Film Festival, in Whistler, British Columbia. Through 2011, it was also screened at several film festivals across North America, including Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas and Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?