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Post by Kimble on Feb 14, 2008 22:02:18 GMT -5
1980s horror/sci-fi classic directed by Stuart Gordon & produced by Brian Yuzna, the duo from Re-Animator. Another duo returns from Re-Animator as well: Jeffrey Combs & Barbara Crampton. Dr. Pretorius(nice nod to Bride of Frankenstein) & Dr. Tillinghast create a machine called the "Resonator," which stimulates the pineal gland in order to activate the sixth sense. It opens up a door to a new universe where the beings feed on the minds of us in our universe. All hell breaks loose. People die. You know the drill. A nice little gory movie. Combs is in top form as always as Dr. Tillinghast. Ken "Peter Washington" Foree plays Bubba, a dumb but brave former football player turned cop. Barbara Crampton plays Dr. Katherine McMichaels...and dons S&M gear later in the film. Bubba's demise is pretty sweet as are all of the special effects. Combs later eats a brain in a hospital & sucks a few brains out through peoples' eyeball sockets. John Carl Buechler does special effects so you know they'll be nifty & memorable. This is a bizarre & perverse film but a damn good one at that. I still like Re-Animator better for many obvious reasons but this movie is right up there with it. The new DVD is beautiful. MGM did another fine job. The transfer is gorgeous. The special features are pretty sweet. I actually paid $15 for it too. Check it out!
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Post by Wildey on Aug 15, 2008 10:03:12 GMT -5
I just got this on VHS. Never seen it, but I'm pretty chuffed as it's not available on DVD in the UK.
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Post by Kimble on Aug 15, 2008 10:11:42 GMT -5
It only hit DVD over here in the States about a year ago so perhaps you guys will get it sometime soon.
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Post by CaptainFreedom on Jan 31, 2013 13:06:11 GMT -5
From Beyond is a fucking masterpiece and Stuart Gordon's second best film right after Re-Animator.
The special effects is just beautiful and some of the more brutal scenes makes it pretty hard to watch sometimes. Barbara is as always stunning, especially the fantasy scene in the loft room which has to be up there as one of the most sexy moments in a 80s horror film.
Re-Animator might be better known as its sequels but I would rather see a sequel to From Beyond than yet another Re-Animator title.
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