The Beyond

Lucio Fulci's Italian Splatter Horror fest means a great deal to me Due to the fact it's the first Fulci Film i discovered late in my Collecting I'm gonna share with you the day I came across the Beyond on DVD It was late spring of 2001 had no car (Due to my little sister wrecking my only car) It wasn't exactly a great car but, it was mine and I needed a wheels to go to and from my new job I was able to get my Grandfather to let me take his pride and joy a 1977 Ford T-Bird to work while i looked for a new car Found out about a CD Store 35 miles away That took used CD's in Trade for store credit or cash Went through my massive collection of cd's found 150 cd's to take there for trade (CD's I know longer wanted/I needed to cut down on my cd Collection) Drove to this Store handed the sales man a massive box of CD's told him i'll take Store credit I looked around this store was very cool (It was a typical late 90's Music Store) but, they also sold vinyl records, VHS Tapes , and the new Hot format DVD I wanted to add more to my very small dvd Collection (Maybe had 6-8 dvd's) Keep in mind this was very early on Best Buy & Circuit City still sold more VHS over the dvd Format This store actually had a lot of dvd's for a small Music retail shop the problem was they were super over priced While looking through what they had on dvd i seen a few things that Interest me, one being this super Cool Limited Edition Tin of The Beyond (with the coolest art work and a massive warning label on the front of the case (No one Under 17 Should view this Film) The downside to this Limited Tin it was marked at $39.99 so i just put it back and talked to the manager about my Store credit I was lucky to get $125.00 Store Credit so I swallowed really hard and gave in and added The Limited Edition of The Beyond (Anchor Bay TIN) to the stack of stuff I took...... That DVD was a massive blind buy (There were no smart phones to check price matching, etc.) Later on a day or two later I cracked up the TIN (I've bought a number of Special Edition Anchor Bay VHS Tapes) So i knew Anchor Bay at the time was a 5 Star Distributor they really put there heart and soul into this stuff back in the days of dvd's This Film blew me away everything about it even on a SD tv you could pick up on the Beautiful Lighting,The Production Values were insane everything is practical and Organic and it adds so much to the film over all The Beyond IMO one the Best Italian Horror Films ever! It pulls no punches and doesn't pull back when most films would The Ending is Anti Hollywood =Meaning it's more realistic Life is complicated Life is messy There is no real Disney Ending After watching this Film the first time I became a die hard Luci Fulci Fan i tried to get all his Horror Work very quickly I probably watched this dvd at least 5 times in a month 'Cause it was so fresh and unique and just Perfect even the negatives with this film you can turn to Positives...... I was so obsessed at the time I over payed to get my hands on the Limited Edition version of Zombie on Laserdisc (Needless to say I payed more for a outdated Laserdisc then for the New Format dvd) But, any Collector can relate to this Collecting is very much a OCD thing some people will not admit that I on the other hand know what I am and admit it freely Enough of this Palaver lets get the show on the road I'm gonna try and review and point out the Positives & Negatives surrounding the Blu Ray home video versions of Lucio Fulci's The Beyond (Note: I've had almost every version of the beyond put out on DVD) I've seen it with terrible edits The Seven Doors of Death **On The Cheap** dvd) to HQ DVD's like the AnchorBay Version & The 2008 Grindhouse Releasing, Inc. Version The Arrow Video (UK Release) The "Original" Arrow BR is region Free This Version is flat out amazing it's a 2-Disc Set (One Disc Being a BR and the second disc being a dvd) Both disc are region free Arrows Cut is a Brand New Uncut HD Restoration + 160mins of Special Features all there extras are exclusives to Arrow Video Disc Break down (BR Disc) Blu Ray Contains* Brand New HD Restoration of the film presented completely UNCUT (Full HD 1080p) *English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Original English & Italian Mono Audio options BR Special Features: Introduction by Star Cinzia Monreale * Audio Commentary w/ Antonella Fulci and Calum Waddell (Exclusive) *Audio Commentary with David Warbeck and Catriona MacColl (This Audio Commentary is old it's on almost every Previous dvd) But, it's a great Commentary Track all around!!!! AKA Sarah Keller: Cinzia Monreale remembers "The Beyond" Catriona MacColl Q&A from Glasgow Film Theatre (very cool Catriona is one of the Scream Queens That really gets over looked in Horror) Open Your Eyes Easter Egg Disc Two (DVD) everything on this dvd is Exclusive to the Arrow Video BR One Step Beyond Catriona MacColl Remembers a Spaghetti Splatter Classic (great interview) after watching this I became a bigger fan of Mrs MacColl 'Cause she's a Legit Actress that fell into the Horror Genre and seems to accept her past and embraces it and Respects the fans! Beyond Italy- Louis Fuller and the seven doors of Death Interview with US distributor and editor of the beyond Terry Levene (very interesting) the Living Dead Legacy of special effects wizard Gianetto Di Rossi (This is a must see Gianetto Di Rossi is without a doubt super under rated he's in the same league as Tom Savini But, most people don't know his name) Which is a tragic shame Fulci Flashbacks: Dario Argento, and others close to him remember the Godfather of Gore Alternative colour pre-credits sequence Original International Trailer The Grindhouse (So-Called Limited Edition BR) I'm gonna be completely Honest this BR is a utter disgrace Grindhouse took there previous dvd version from 2008 and Transfer everything from the dvd on to the HD Blu Ray and put the extras on a second BR Disc to pad this set!! All the extras are copied and pasted from the dvd and it's Cheap and a joke over all The only thing remotely exclusive is the Bonus CD with the Newly Remastered Soundtrack album (The cd comes in this uber cheap cardboard case God forbid they figure out how to put it in the case I'm pretty sure Grindhouse bought the US Rights to the Arrow HD Transfer and just carried over the Film itself and tacked on "old" dvd extras The Grindhouse Version is a quick money grab Nothing more nothing less (No Real exclusives) Except a CD that's in a cheap cardboard case I payed $30.00 for the BR when it was on sale Massive waste of $$$$ IMO Without a doubt buy and cherish the Arrow Home Video Version that is the BEST and only way to get a Proper BR of the Beyond Buy the 2008 Grindhouse Release dvd don't Support a Company that Thinks so little of Fans the only thing they give is a bloody CD Soundtrack for a exclusive selling point I Love The Beyond The film over all is Close to Perfect 9.8/10 But, whatever you do DON'T Buy the Grindhouse BR it's a massive money grab that is a smack to the face to Fulci and his fans!

This has to be the ultimate The Beyond release. The soundtrack comes in one of those cardboard/paper sleeves,and not in an actual case. The music has never sounded better, Grindhouse really put in the work in the CD as well as the movie. Once you open up the actual BluRay case(which is of the same type that Criterion uses for their Blurays), you'll see not a reversible cover but a complete Lucio Fulci filmography. Nothing too interesting for a longtime fan, but useful if The Beyond is your first Fulci film. The movie is what matters,and it looks really good. All the colors looks vibrant(well as vibrant as a movie about doorways to hell can be!), and I didn't notice any imperfections. I've never owned any of the previous versions, but the image looks really sharp on my 40 inch screen. The menu is mostly static, with a picture of Emily in the front, and a static-y hotel in the background(the music that plays is the main piano theme). Most of the extras are on the second disc, but the first does have the color version of the pre-credit sequence(you're given both german and english audio options). You also get a mini collection of trailers for the Beyond, along with tv spots(yes, you do get a trailer for the rare "7 Doors of Death" edit of Fulci's classic,which tries to sell the Beyond as some kind of slasher flick). The best extra here however is the wonderful commentary with Catriona MacColl and the always awesome David Warbeck. He really sounded like he had fun recording it. The second disc is where the main extras are. The menu background image is of the Book of Eibon, with more of Frizzi's music playing (the same music when Emily first opens the book in the film). You get Interviews, Still Galleries, and Grindhouse Releasing Prevues. If you're a David Warbeck fan, you will love the 1996 Festival of Fantasic Films one, which I believe was the last one he did. Overall, if you are a Fulci fan, you need this set in your life. :)

Película de visión obligada para todos los fans de Lucio Fulci. A mi personalmente me gusta más City of the living dead, pero por algo la volvio a reestrenar Tarantino. Es una visión muy diferente en el tratamiento de las películas de zombies al que han impuesto ahora con unos efectos que nada tienen que envidiar muchas pelis del mismo género que nos meten hoy dia. Lo dicho una joya y si puedes comprarla en bluray muchisimo mejor. Un saludo.

Fancy watching a guy getting chain whipped by a mob before being graphically crucified to a wall (it seriously looks realistic!) and covered in lime? If this sounds like your bag then hop on board for The Beyond horror film express! This film is seriously cool. After an initial graphic prologue where a guy is gratuitously tortured and murdered in the way mentioned above in a New Orleans hotel, the story moves forward to the present day (well 1981 when it was filmed) where a woman inherits the hotel which was abandoned in 1927 after all the hotels inhabitants mysteriously vanished after the torture scene previously mentioned. She meets some oddball characters such as the quite attractive blind woman with the Alsatian companion. Basically the rest of the plot consists of discovering that one of the 7 gates of hell is opened once again allowing all sorts of nasties in to this world - mainly zombies and possessed people. The story, although confusing at times, is very interesting. The characters are also interesting and the acting is of quite a high standard. The highlight though (and the reason most people buy this film) is the gore - it is graphic and extreme and hats off to a top job done by the make up and effects department. On screen violence and gore is something that Mr Fulci does so alarmingly well in his films. Some of the highlights include chain whipping, crucifixion, melted by lime, melted by acid, eye gougings (3 of them), graphic shootings and stabbings, throat and ear being torn by a dog, etc. The gore really is a spectacle to behold and Fulci employs the same method he used in Zombie Flesh Eaters, where the camera zooms in for a close-up of the gushing wound. It both amazes me and creeps me out the extent of the realness of the make up and effects used. The DVD and casing are amazing - there is a collectors booklet (poster) inside, the DVD is packed full of interesting extras including an introduction by the main actress Katherine MacColl, part of a Q and A session with the director and David Warbreck at a horror convention in the early 90's, plus there are extensive interviews with most of the people involved in the film about the late Lucio Fulci and how he was as a person, how he was to work for and how he made his films - an interesting insight that paints a picture about the man himself. All in this is the way all great horror films should be presented. The DVD is fully uncut and unrated, so you can watch it in all of its unedited splendour. The atmosphere is intense and there is a real darkness that permeates the entire film and story. The zombies are amazing and some of the make up really is so much more effective than the modern zombie make up - they should always be shown rotten and they should be slow moving slumped bodies that look as if they are sleep walking, well at least in my opinion anyway. Admittedly the zombies don't get to munch on any people in this film, but it is not a major let down, as everything else creates such a graphic and powerful film that you can't help but be spellbound by a true horror maestro at work on an exceptionally good day. I genuinely believe this film deserves the full 5 stars, as it is truly as if a nightmare has been captured on celluloid for all to see. This film really is the perfect nightmare.

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Lucio Fulci esta detrás de esta película, un tanto diferente a lo que el cine de zombies nos tiene acostumbrados, una historia un tanto lenta, pero que poco a poco va atrayendo hasta llegar aun gran climax. Mucho gore, todo con efectos practicos. Grindhouse Releasing hace nuevamente justicia con estas ediciones de primer nivel, ofreciendo un set de 3 discos, dos blu-rays y un cd con el soundtrack de la película, con la acostumbrada cubierta de carton, muchos extras que deleitaran a todo fan de Fulci. Mi quinto set por parte de Grindhouse Releasing y siguen sorprendiéndome, vale la pena el precio de entrada. La película esta en ingles e italiano, con la opción de subtitulos en ingles.