The Beyond

"It's the kind of movie that alternates stupefyingly lame dialogue with special effects scenes in which quicklime dissolves corpses and tarantulas eat lips and eyeballs."

"Fulci’s soft lighting drips on the faces of his characters. His outdoor photography is grainy and otherworldly, lending the film’s horrifying events a sense of ironic displacement."

"The Beyond's first half-hour or so is extremely entertaining, alternating between genuinely frightening, gory shocks and hilariously awkward, atonal acting. After a while, however, it becomes as dull as its repetitive Italian prog-rock soundtrack, neither good nor bad enough to hold your attention for long."

"Classic Italian splatter directed by Lucio Fulci, reviled and adored in equal proportions by Euro-horror fans."