Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Leofwine_draca The cast and crew of the horror hit RE-ANIMATOR team up again for this stomach-churning ride through (literally) the human mind. Once again using Lovecraft as source material, Gordon and friends take the original story and add their own gruesome elements to the stew. Much overlooked alongside its more popular and altogether more famous brother RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND, while lacking some of the frenetic pace and macabre gags which made that film so good, still stands alone as a deliriously gory horror film, full of slime, blood, and body bits.The film works best when it sticks close to Lovecraft's original tale, and the opening scenes in which Jeffrey Combs sees the mysterious eel-like things floating around in the air invoke thrills and fear at the same time. Unfortunately, as the plot progresses it rapidly unfolds and moves to a hospital, which is where the film is at a low point. However the climax - a predictably slimy and visceral conclusion - is well worth waiting for, if only to watch the special effects.The acting is definitely tongue-in-cheek and in this respect is effective all round. Jeffrey Combs can do no wrong, even in the worst of bad films, and he's once again on hand to deliver the chuckles and chills with his particular brand of over-acting. Combs' transformation into a monster is rightly disturbing to watch. Barbara Crampton makes for a good heroine and looks very fetching in a black leather outfit, something you probably won't see anywhere else. As well as the two leads, DAWN OF THE DEAD's very own Ken Foree has a comic relief role as a policeman caught up in the horrific events. Watching Foree prance around in underpants made me think just how much I like this great actor, it's a shame he hasn't been in more films since Romero's classic gave him a certain cult status.The special effects are the real stars of FROM BEYOND, and they range from the typical (brain eating, eyeball gouging) to the superb (big slimy monster things). The effects are used a lot and all are totally brilliant in conception, being wonderfully weird and odd, especially the slime creature and the monster in the basement. With a spine-tingling soundtrack and collaboration from three notable names in horror - Charles Band (a cheapie producer who now owns Full Moon Entertainment), Brian Yuzna (a delightfully sick individual) and finally Stuart Gordon, there is no way this film could miss the mark really. Overall, FROM BEYOND is a delightfully entertaining film which thankfully never takes itself too seriously and can be watched over and over again.

Gregory Mucci As someone who has never read a single HP Lovecraft tale, or even knows much about the context of which his stories are derived from, it's always exciting to watch an adaptation of one of his works. Having seen Stuart Gordon's previous HP Lovecraft adaptation Re- Animator, I went into this film with a sense of direction, but one that can easily be pushed off course by the unknown notoriety of the beloved horror author. What I received from From Beyond was a mixed bag of two many horror genres overlapping each other, creating an enjoyable yet disjointed pyramid of horror complexities.From Beyond, which should be stated is "loosely" based on an HP Lovecraft short story, begins with scientist Dr. Crawford Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs), who has been working on a Tesla like machine called The Resonator, which allows one to see beyond the accessible reality, due to a stimulation of the pineal gland. It's all very scientific, but the pineal gland delivers melatonin, which affects light/dark, wake and sleep (which when tampered with in the case of The Resonator, enlarges it producing headaches, and a drug like addiction to be near The Resonator's pulse). In order not to be declared insane and locked away for the supposed murder of his mentor Dr. Edward Pretorius (Ted Sorel), Tillinghast, Dr. Katherine McMichaels (Barbara Crampton), and Detective Bubba Brownlee (Ken Foree) must reactivate The Resonator in order to prove his sanity.Like other horror films dealing with alternate dimensions, otherworldly realities, or just plain outer space, what lies beyond the conventional eye tends to always be depraved, leaning towards the phallic, or the torturous leather bound. With Clive Barker's Hellraiser, we were introduced to the demonic S&M world of Pinhead and his cenobites, who fed off the fears and sexually deviant behavior of their victims. In Ridley Scott's Alien, the confines of space were crafted in HR Geiger's sexually twisted eye, with the alien penetrating the victims mouth in order to impregnate those aboard the unsuspecting ship. Now in Stuart Gordon's From Beyond, we are thrust (no pun intended) into the sexually depraved world of a mad scientist, one that inevitably reaches into the alternate dimension, giving us phallic, mutated body parts and leather clad sexual cravings.From Beyond is a science fiction horror film that knows where it wants to go, but has an incredibly difficult time jumping over the other films that have done what it has before. Watching the mutation of Dr. Edward Pretorius just isn't as enjoyable when it feels like a poor imitation of John Carpenter's The Thing, writhing out of the body of its victim. Don't get me wrong, the special effects of Mark Shostrom and the special make-up effects by the uncredited artist Bill Forsche is very well crafted, they just all feel like cheapened retreads. Also being set primarily in the attic of a creepy estate, and dealing with sexual depravity, From Beyond can't seem to hurdle over Hellraiser, another film which took place mostly in an attic, dealt with sexual depravity and dealt with leather clad deviants.Showcasing over the top acting by the great horror icon Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) and a once again pitch perfect portrayal of a tough as nails cop by Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead), we are left wanting to fall away with the story HP Lovecraft left us and the horror that Stuart Gordon has produced. However, the fall is only riddled with the debris of what was once exciting and fantastic, depraved and twisted. From Beyond is an exciting premise stuffed inside a haunted house, wrapped around the pleasures of pain and torture; the pain and torture that unfortunately befalls the viewers as we are left with cold leftovers.

videorama-759-859391 From Beyond makes Re Animator look good. A score of stars stayed on for this follow up, which really is a muddled mess of a film with some goo as well. That's it, summed up in a nutshell after viewing it. The story really doesn't get you in, although you sort of know where it's coming from, but it's not explained nearly enough, as if certain parts of it were missing. You know less than more here. I think the actors from the prior hit, needed a good clobbering for starring in this, as it's really a waste of their talent, especially Cobbs, in a much more subtle and lighter performance, as he is such a good actor, one of those emerging and really take note talents. Much again, could be said for scream queen Crampton, who really looks good in S and M wear, where her character has been transformed from a completely different one. It's sad that such a good actress can only be seen as eye candy, one actress you don't want to underestimate. Again Combs plays one of these scientists working on a new experiment, with another Re Animator face, where this one again, has backfiring effects. It's known as the resonator, which can alter perception, for the unfortunate soul partaking in it, changing how you think and act, or making you change form. It's really hard to get a complete grip on the story, which will have your hands slipping. One incredibly stupid moment has Crampton who's new S and M identity, is being chided by her older assistant (Dawn Of The Dead's Ken Foree) for being like this. Doesn't he's fully realize, what's going down brother. No scratch that. He really he does know, but how could he be so passive and ignorant. What happened to this once no nonsense, quiet, workaholic reporter, after she messed with the resonator. Combs earlier, was released into her care after his older more experienced creator went crazy, at the malfunctioning of this disastrous experiment, where like Re Animator, a fast solution is needed. Only with Re Animator, we knew where we were headed, and understood, the short simple story, that was situation plotted and well at that. One particularly sick scene in this, features Combs, devouring a heart or something, where the violence quota here is very restrained, in what is really a colorfully dull and unappealing horror, if only a watch to see Comb's performance and Crampton's two wonderfully played roles, that she balances well. Also, I think this film may make me take up, eating dumplings again. At least I'm getting a couple of things out of it. The parasite too exiting out the forehead or hiding back inside, isn't new, which kind of had me thinking of Elmer in Brain Damage. From another H.P. Lovecraft novel, of course, undoubtedly better, than what's on offer here.

callanvass (Credit IMDb) Scientists create a resonator to stimulate the pineal gland (sixth sense), and open up a door to a parallel (and hostile) universe. Based on a story by H. P. Lovecraft.If you like Gordon's work, you'll like this one. If you don't, you won't. It doesn't get much more black & white than that. I found this to be a bad acid trip gone wrong, yet I was utterly engrossed by the happenings in this film. The startling effects still hold up very well. Gordon's innovative ways never fail to amaze me. Jeffery Combs is terrific as our flawed hero, but what else is new? He aces these types of parts. Ken Foree is badass in his role, whilst Barbra Crampton has a scene where she is wearing a dominatrix outfit. It will forever be entrenched in my mind for years to come with how sexy it was. Ted Sorel is one messed up hombre. Stay far away from me, man! Overall, this is a highly original, and very enjoyable horror offering. It's innovative, suspenseful, funny, and mind boggling. If you want an original horror film that will stimulate you, this movie is your ticket8/10