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| A horrifically disfigured face stares intensely out from the appropriately garishly indicative poster for Stuart Gordon's From Beyond |
A mad scientist is killed by his own machine, the Resonator. His trials are recreated, and a portal to the horrors of a different world gets opened.
From Beyond is written by Brian Yuzna (Takut: Faces of Fear (2008)), Dennis Paoli (The Dentist (1996)) and great Chicagoan co-writer/director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator (1985), adapting the same-titled 1920 (year written) short story by H.P. Lovecraft (The Other Gods (1921)).
It is a film that makes you go wow! An authentically wild ride; well-written, over-the-top and continually enthusiastically acted: Jeffrey Combs (Transformers Prime (2010-13)) and Ken Foree (Kenan & Kel (1996-00)) are particularly energetic.
From Beyond is a neon-drenched 1980s gem in gore horror, full of crazy monsters and disgusting effects, which will make your eyes spin!
Related post:
Stuart Gordon: The Dentist 2 (1998) or, Open Wide ... Again! (co-writer)
Gordon and Combs give an interview together here
Cost: 4.5 mil. $
Box office: 1.2 mil. $ - North America only
= Uncertain - but likely a mega-flop (returned at least 0.26 times the cost)
[From Beyond was released 24 October (USA) and runs 80 minutes, with an unrated video cut running 86 minutes. It was shot in Rome, Italy around January 1986. Italy was chosen over the US in order to cut costs. The film opened #13 to a 514k $ first weekend in 190 theaters in North America. It was released generally in at least 6 other countries as well as at a handful of festivals, but grosses from abroad are not available. Gordon returned with Dolls (1987). Combs returned in Cyclone (1987). From Beyond is fresh at 75 % with a 6.7/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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