The Beyond [3 Discs] [Blu-ray/CD]

Overview

This gruesome Louisiana-set horror film opens with a 1927 prologue featuring a Satanic artist being crucified and melted alive with quicklime in the basement of an old hotel. Half a century later, pretty Liza (Catriona MacColl) inherits the hotel, not suspecting that it is one of seven gateways to Hell. A workman breaks his neck, another has his eyeball gouged out by a zombie, a woman's head is melted by a vat of acid, and an architect has his face eaten by hungry tarantulas who chew out his tongue. Dozens of cannibalistic zombies attack Liza and her disbelieving lover (David Warbeck), who joins her in Hell in the film's downbeat conclusion. The gory special effects by Gianetto de Rossi and Germano Natali are nauseatingly effective, although the script (by Dardano Sacchetti, Giorgio Mariuzzo and director Lucio Fulci) tends to wander and the pacing is a trifle slow.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/24/2015
UPC:	0652799001128
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	NR
Source:	Grindhouse Releasing
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	14,874

Special Features

Provocative commentary by stars Catriona MacColl and genre superstar David Warbeck; New in-depth interviews with stars Catriona MacColl, Cinzia Monreale and Giovanni De Nava, U.S. production manager Larry Ray, make-up artists Giannetto De Rossi and Maurizio Trani, cimematographer Sergio Salvait, writer Dardano Sacchetti, producer Fabrizio De Angelis, composer Fabio Frizzi, and Antonella Fulci; Rare archival interview wtih director Lucio Fulci and David Warbeck; Lost German Pre-credit sequence in full color; Extensive still galleries and theatrical trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Katherine Maccoll	Lisa Meddle
David Warbeck	John
Cinzia Monreale	Emily
Antoine Saint-John	Schweick
Veronica Lazar	Martha
Anthony Flees	Emily
Al Cliver	Dr. Harris
Michele Mirabella	Martin Avery
Giampaolo Saccarola	Arthur
Maria Pia Marsala	Jill
Laura De Marchi	Mary-Ann
Tonino Pulci	Actor
Lucio Fulci	Actor
Roberto Dell'Acqua	Actor
Gilberto Galimberti	Actor
Giovanni De Nava	Joe the Plumber
Tony St. John	Actor
Catriona MacColl	Actor
Sarah Keller	Emily
Antoine Saint John	Actor
Fabio Frizzi	Composer

Technical Credits

Lucio Fulci

Giorgio Mariuzzo

Dardano Sacchetti

Lucio Fulci	Director,Screenwriter
Giorgio Mariuzzo	Screenwriter
Dardano Sacchetti	Screenwriter
Fabrizio De Angelis	Producer
Giannetto De Rossi	Special Effects
Germano Natali	Special Effects
Franco Bruni	Camera Operator
Roberto Giandalla	Assistant Director
Nazzareno Cardinali	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

Zombies, man-eating tarantulas, and buckets of blood -- what more does a horror film need? The Beyond (a.k.a. Seven Doors of Death), an Italian horror gem by director Lucio Fulci, delivers plenty of Fulci's signature gore, all shot in splendid wide-screen color. The story is as basic as they come: Liza (Katherine MacColl) has inherited a dilapidated hotel in Louisiana that just happens to have been built over one of seven gateways to hell. A handsome but skeptical doctor (David Warbeck) and a mysterious white-eyed blind beauty (Sarah Keller) go along for the ride, but the bloodletting is the point in The Beyond. Fulci pulls out all the stops for his endlessly inventive scenes of carnage and mutilation, driving nails through various body parts and showing that there's more than one way to rip an eyeball out of its socket. Surprisingly, parts of The Beyond were actually shot on location in Louisiana, lending the haunting authenticity of a bayou atmosphere to this nonetheless quintessentially Italian thrill ride. The Anchor Bay DVD includes audio commentary, interviews, and a theatrical trailer.