Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree
The second H.P. Lovecraft adaptation by Stuart Gordon, FROM BEYOND is pure Lovecraftian science-terror. Out-there scientist Dr. Pretorious (Ted Sorel) and his assistant, Dr. Tillinghast (Jeffery Combs...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 11, 2007
Stats: 451 reviews
It took me 23 years to finally see this wonderful but demented film. Based on a H.P. Lovecraft tale, and I imagine updated slightly for the 80's. Like "Hellraiser", there are elements of bondage, pleasure and pain "from beyond". Mad scientists unlock another dimension with their ...( read more)
Not as good as Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator. Interesting concept with some pretty good effects.
"I only awakened his sleeping pineal gland, it did the rest itself."
Although I was a little disappointed by the director's cut which at best added 30 seconds that the MPAA had truncated from the film it was still a pleasant trip down memory lane. Though not as manic or blackly funny as Gordon's Re-Animator this is still a wild ride of goo, brains...( read more)
Almost as amazing as the Re-Animator and certainly just as fun. It has the same great effects and twisted morals. Jeffrey Combs did it again, a priceless character. Ken Foree was a nice surprise and had some great moments. This went way into the science fiction genre, covering si...( read more)
H. P. Lovecraft the prophet of the Cthulhu Mythos. Friends with Lord Byron, Edgar Allen Poe, and Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley. Tormented with the arcane knowledge he dreamed. Addicted to laudanum. Founder of the Cult of the Ancient Ones. The Old Gods. Inspiration for the book of th...( read more)
Gross, perverted, creepy and pointless. David Cronenberg must giggle himself to sleep watching movies like this.
A fun cheesy horror movie. The ide could have been evolved much further though.
what a crazy film with micheal crawford and his thing on his forehead sweet
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