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In Louisiana 1927, a man is lynched by a mob and beaten up badly for apparently cursing a town. Despite his attempt to convince his attackers that he is in fact keeping the town safe. They kill him anyway. In 1981, a woman named Liza inherits the hotel he was killed in. Several occurences take place and brutal murders also occur. Liza soon finds herself questioning her own sanity at times.

This is it, I'm officially done with Fulci's movies. This guy has lost me as a possible fan. After enjoying "Zombie" I really wanted to buy into the hype. But I find Fulci's movies atrocious and they are clearly meant for a specific audience. An audience that doesn't include me. Also, I have to be very honest here. After seeing this and "The House by the Cemetary". I'm afraid to watch "Zombie" again. I just might change my mind on it.

I loved the opening scene. I was almost dead set on handing this 4 stars at the very least. The atmosphere, creepy music, and brutal beating during the lynching, captured the very essence of human cruelty and was a clinic on style. Plus the ending was brilliant as well. But everything in between was terrible on the way there. Now let's face it, gore isn't scary. It does add to the horror but too much focus on gore becomes more of an excuse to cover poor storytelling. And "The Beyond" tells one poor story. And now that I think about it, Fulci's storytelling is so horrible that I honestly believe the ending is more a freak occurence than true talent at play.

The writing and acting is extremely poor. The plot is laughably incoherent with events taking place just to show off the gore. And the shoot out with the zombies towards the end is a test of patience. This is not a hate review at all but Fulci's work is not for everybody. I have to beat on that.

Well, I'll never watch another film by Fulci. No matter what is highly recommended. This man's work is completely taken off the menu. Some people actually compare this to Dario Argento's "Inferno". Well I have to say, "Inferno" stomps all over this and has more substance than people give it credit for. "Inferno" actually gives enough clues to the viewer to decide certain events on their own. While this... Well, things just happen. I'm sure this movie will mainly appeal to die hard gore hounds. If gore and style is your thing, then pick this up right away. If your movies must require thought and explanation, you might want to skip this.

Every single lucio fulci film has been re-issued but this,anchor bay blue-underground please re-issue this classic fulci film with tons of extras im tired of waiting.great film very creepy.