The Beyond
A hotel heir confronts a hellish portal as surreal undead violence consumes a decaying New Orleans landmark.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- surreal
- dread-filled
- visceral
- late night horror marathon
- cult film screening
What critics said
Critics broadly acknowledge the film's elegant, striking surreal imagery and sense of place while finding its dialogue, performances, dubbing, and disorganized plot severely lacking.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The hotel cellar contains a door to the beyond, making the portal central to the film's supernatural threat.
The film presents bloody undead attacks, grotesque deaths, and dreamlike sequences as striking set pieces.
The cursed hotel outside New Orleans and its hell-linked cellar frame the story through decayed southern gothic imagery.
Bloody zombies, lethal bodily injuries, and corpse-centered imagery make physical decay a defining visual motif.
Films like The Beyond, and why
City of the Living Dead
surreal supernatural horror, graphic gore, and an atmosphere of occult dread
Zombie
italian zombie horror, nightmarish imagery, and visceral practical effects
The House by the Cemetery
cursed-house setting, supernatural menace, and disturbing visual tableaux
Prince of Darkness
hellish mythology, surreal horror imagery, and escalating bodily terror
Movie Details
- Director
- Lucio Fulci
- Release Date
- 1981-04-22
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (693)
Cast
- Catriona MacColl
- David Warbeck
- Cinzia Monreale
- Antoine Saint-John
- Veronica Lazăr
- Larry Ray
- Al Cliver
- Michele Mirabella
- Giampaolo Saccarola
- Maria Pia Marsala
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Night Flight Plus, Shudder Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV channel, Troma NOW, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Beyond about?
- A hotel heir confronts a hellish portal as surreal undead violence consumes a decaying New Orleans landmark.
- What is The Beyond like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Beyond as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Beyond violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Beyond as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Beyond?
- Critics broadly acknowledge the film's elegant, striking surreal imagery and sense of place while finding its dialogue, performances, dubbing, and disorganized plot severely lacking.
- Which films are like The Beyond?
- Films with a similar feel include City of the Living Dead, Zombie, The House by the Cemetery, and Prince of Darkness.
- How long is The Beyond?
- The Beyond runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Beyond?
- In United States, The Beyond streams on fuboTV, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Night Flight Plus, Shudder Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV channel, Troma NOW, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
