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MCT:July 22, 2008A masterpiece of visionary Horror from the poet of gore Lucio Fulci, and in my opinion the best chapter of the trilogy.
Once again, the story is not one of the most original (witchcraft, gates of hell, ghosts, zombies) and numerous are the references to other authors (Henry James, Lovecraft, Artaud and Argento), but Fulci can astutely mix these elements and bring them to the screen with a personal and original style, creativity and technic.
As often in his movies, script is not perfect and not much linear, but that is not important since the director prefers to surprise with imagination, macabre atmospheres, surreal images, voices, whispers, faces zoomed and his usual spectacular splatter effects. This time, we have the "pleasure" of watching a man tortured and crucified, bodies dissolved in acid, a head exploded, a killer dog, flesh-eating tarantulas... However, the gross and extreme gore effects combine with the refinement and accuracy of cinematography, sound and direction. The whole is crowned by a magnificent and apocalyptic ending. -
MCT:July 20, 2008Woe be unto him who opens one of the seven gateways to Hell, because through that gateway, evil will invade the world.
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MCT:July 14, 2008
The film captures a creepy,horrifying climax & atmosphere.Is a very gory & scary film but must see the uncut version.
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MCT:June 13, 2008Another Lucio Fulci freak fest. There's very little in terms of plot, just the thinnest excuse to string together a bizarre series of creepy, surreal and gory set pieces. Still, it works in it's way. Italian directors don't let silly things like plot get in the way of making a disturbing piece of horror.
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MCT:June 10, 2008the only thing that would put me off watching this is the tarantula scene, not because its scary just because i thought it was stupid
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MCT:June 3, 2008Ambrose Bierce once "defined" remarriage as the triumph of hope over experience. This is a rather apt description of my relationship with Fulci?s movies : "The Beyond" is the fourth (fourth !) Lucio Fulci film I have made the mistake of watching over the years, after "La Paura", "Zombi 2" and "Il Gatto Nero" (my only excuse being that I merely went to see the latter to listen to the Donaggio score, which was not even worth sitting through the film.) As it is supposed to be his "masterpiece" and was recommended to me by my Flixster community (not to name names), I had almost convinced myself that for some unexplainable reason this worthless director had managed to come up with a powerful, visionary and atmospheric horror film that would be a pleasant change from more formatted modern American horror movies.
Well, I can say most positively that except for Catriona MacColl?s pretty face, the film does not have a single redeeming quality. It is the abject product of Fulci?s total ineptitude at moviemaking and his psychopathic fascination with sadism and brutality, the latter explaining why equally deranged filmmaker Quentin Tarentino felt the urge to get the movie restored and distributed again. I can?t think of a single sequence, scene, shot, line or feature whatsoever that ought to be saved from this total wreck, and I can?t help but feel that the world would have been a better place without Lucio Fulci. If I were to learn one day that all the copies of all his works had mysteriously vanished from the surface of the Earth, I?d breathe a sigh of relief.
My advice concerning this film therefore is best summed up by a sign from the autopsy room in the movie : "Do not entry." (sic) -
MCT:May 27, 2008
Again the acting sucks, but this one counts with a pretty good and (somewhat) original story. That's why this is Fulci's best film ever, and one of the most violent and gory horror films I know. Old school zombies and non-CGI gore. That's the best stuff there is :-) Two thumbs up. Thanks for this film Fulci ^_^
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MCT:May 18, 2008Classical Italian horror, lots of gore and not scary at all. At least there was a somewhat interesting plot.
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MCT:April 10, 2008
there are lots of supernatural themes in this fulci masterpiece, but the end of the movie gives us an amazing zombie escape sequence from a morgue and a silly tounge-ripped-out-by-spiders scene. but i still love it.
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MCT:April 8, 2008Oh Fulci, you old dog you. I admit, without you, zombie movies wouldn't be the same. You brought such a disgusting touch to the genre. Your gore was outstanding, your movies were slow and tense, and you really helped create what I love so much about horror movies. But that doesn't mean they're necessarily that good. Take Seven Doors of Death for example, known as the Beyond in America. In terms of violence, it's as gooey as they come. Crucifixions, face meltings, head shots abound, and that's great it really is, it's scary even, but it's not that good. The movie, like many Fulcis, is painfully slow. It beats around the bush for so long before anything happens that instead of suspense we're met with terrible boredom conquered only by a tremendous amount of marijuana being ingested while watching. The plot, goofy and supernatural and not really all that sensical. It's the "world is ending but no one notices" syndrome taken to the nth degree, as hospital floors melt and bodies come alive and no one seems to realize that dead people are fucking up the world while it's happening in the next room. Blind girls talk to Satan or something, and littles girls get capped with magnums, and dudes learn to make perfect headshots, then forget, then learn again. Nothing really makes sense. There's a lot of fright, but its all gross out... there's not really that much of an atmosphere going on, and you're just waiting to see who is going to get their skin burned off in the next fake gore scene. I love Fulci, and I'll watch any of his movies that you throw in front of me, but at the end of the day, although I recognize him as a pioneer, I just can't really say his films are that great.
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MCT:March 21, 2008
Short on logic and plot. Not as creepy, gory and atmospheric as "City of the Living Dead" but has better cinematography and style.
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MCT:March 3, 2008
Considered by many to be Fulci's horror masterpiece, the third film in his 'zombie quartet' certainly has plenty of his trademark gore scenes and a wonderfully spooky atmosphere.
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MCT:January 31, 2008
Some Minor Spoilers Here*******************************************
The film starts in Louisiana, 1927, where a mob is gathered outside the Seven Doors Hotel decided to lynch an artist named Schwick (Antoine Saint-John), as he is accused of practicing witchcraft. After the artists' murder, one of the Seven Doors of Hell is opened, but the townspeople seal the basement hoping to keep the evil trapped inside. Now, 54 years later, a young woman named Liza (Catriona MacColl) inherits the Seven Doors hotel, and soon has plans to reopen it, but the renovation works reactivate the portal to Hell and soon the forces of evil take control of the Hotel.
Based on a story by the famed Italian writer Dardano Sacchetti (who wrote scripts for basically every important horror filmmaker in Italy during the 70s and 80s) and adapted to the screen by Fulci and Sacchetti himself, "The Beyond" is very surreal story of horror that moves further into the oneiric realm as the story unfolds. It's a highly ambitious and risky idea, but Fulci and Sacchetti craft a powerful story that, while probably doesn't make sense at first sight (at least not in the usual way), truly transmits the feeling of being a nightmare put on film.
While Fulci moves to metaphysical concepts thematically, stylistically he keeps the same care for detailed gore he showed before in his often artistic scenes of violence. Despite the obvious low-budget he had, Fulci manages to come up with a very good cinematography (by Sergio Salvati) and excellent music (by Fabio Frizzi), that truly reflects the surrealism in the plot and increases the feeling of being watching a dream. It's also worth to point out the work of the excellent make-up artist Giannetto De Rossi, whose inventive and detailed creations bring to life the very vivid horrors in Fulci's mind.
While the acting is not really the best in horror genre, it must be said that the awful dubbing done in the film makes it look a lot worse than what it is. However, it also must be said that Catriona MacColl delivers a fairly good performance as our main character, and really keeps the film on float despite the mess the dubbing is. Ciniza Monreale does a good job too, specially as her character is a bit more complicated as she is blind. While the dubbing does damage their performances, it's safe to say that both are really good in their characters. David Warbeck and Al Cliver each do a good job as well and make their characters likable
"The Beyond" received an unfairly cold reception when it was released in the U.S., mainly because in the film arrived with an awful dubbing, a new musical score and overall heavily censored (the version named "Seven Doors of Death"), resulting in a much different movie than what Fulci intended. While it is true that the film is not perfect, it's a terrific horror movie that attempts to go beyond the typical clichés of the genre and succeeds. Many have criticized the plot holes in the story, however I feel that some of those plot holes were often created intentionally with the purpose of showing the logic bended by supernatural forces.
Certainly this film is not for everyone, as the extremely gory sequences and the strange and atypical way the plot is structured may turn off some viewers. However, "The Beyond" is a terrific masterpiece of horror that fans of the genre should not miss. It's really a beautiful, haunting and influential story of atmospheric horror. -
MCT:October 31, 2007
Not as bloody and violent as I expected it to be but when it was, the gore was very well done. What really made me love this movie was the atmosphere created in it. Fulci did an excellent job creating an artsy looking zombie flick.
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MCT:September 29, 2007"a band of angry townsfolk"
ZOMG!! THAT'S what I'll call my band!!
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MCT:August 26, 2007
the fans say that this film is lucio fulci's masterpiece. it is one of the few films selected to be part of tarantino's rolling thunder pictures. aka-seven doors of death
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MCT:July 18, 2007
Ryan: whats up with the ending?
krugrdtron: hell?
Ryan: they died?
krugrdtron: eh...
Ryan: well, they lost me
krugrdtron: you aren't losing much
That about sums up the story. The gore was pretty gross, and I almost liked how creative the movie was, but, that doesn't mean it didn't suck. I think the best part came in the end when the hero dished out about 45 head shots, insert Peter North joke here. As I said, the story was kinda crazy, which made it almost enjoyable, but, the kill scenes had way too much acid in them. It was like watching a Timothy Leary botchfest. Overall, only watch it if you're into Fulci, or you're contemplating watching something even worse...I'm looking at you Gingerdead Man! -
MCT:July 5, 2007
A fascinating movie, and one that makes you wonder what Fulci could have done if he'd ever got a good scriptwriter.
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MCT:July 3, 2007
My favorite film by Italian film maker, Lucio Fulci. Like no other film, I always get this feeling of dread when it's over.
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MCT:June 20, 2007
Definately a timeless Fulci classic, this movie had me on the edge of my seat throughout, definately worth watching.
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MCT:June 5, 2007
I really forgot just how great this film is. More or less perfect. David Warbeck is bad ass in this.
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