Saturday, October 19, 2013


The October Project 2: Day 19


"Be careful what you do... because this hotel was built over one of the Seven Doors of Evil"

The Beyond (...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilĂ )  (1981)
Directed by Lucio Fulci


Welcome back to Fulci-town!
This next-level bonkers gem shares (steals) a few ideas with The Sentinel but with more gore and much less narrative coherence. There's a New Orleans Hotel built over the entrance to hell (evidently one of seven)  a zombie horde, eyeball-eating tarantulas (more Fulci eye trauma, what is this guy's problem!) and finally a descent into Hades itself. A sub-literate mess (look for a door that says "Do Not Entry") that somehow manages to be compulsively watchable, this is either one of the worst films I've ever seen or a dadaist masterpiece from another dimension.
I'll leave you to make up your own mind.

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