Episode 206: The Beyond (1981)

And whilst Ollie Eats Brains and Michael are in a holding pattern prior to tomorrows recording I am back on the DVDs and somewhat of a classic in the genre, THE BEYOND, a movie that has terrified audiences across the world, lucio fulci face melting, blood oozing, gory glory.

1981 it was also released as And you will live in terror! The afterlife

Set in new orleans 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). The BBFC  the British film classification body passed it with an X rating demanding several cuts and subsequently it was considered a Video nasty.[36] It would not be released in the United Kingdom uncut until 2001 on home video.

It stars English actress Katherine McCall, she appeared in the trilogy as Liz, David Warbeck as Dr John McCabe and Cinzia Monreal as Emily. Fulci makes an appearance as the town clerk

6.6 on IMDB and 68% on RT

People have said

The Beyond' is sensational and a bona fide modern horror classic. Absolutely essential viewing!

The atmosphere was very dreamlike and nightmarish. I've heard criticisms of this film for it's loose plot, but that didn't bother me too much.

This is a better than average Italian horror but a below average horror. There is just no sense of horror or fear.

URGH!

3/10 hated this one