Director Lucio Fulci's career has mainly been etched into cult-cinema for two reasons: gore and zombies. For years, there have been endless debates on which of his movies really constitutes his best legacy, and typically the most popular choice is The Beyond, Fulci's thematic continuation of his late 70s/early 80s supernatural zombie films. Like many Italian horror movies, The Beyond has been edited and renamed into oblivion, often released with major cuts or incorrect marketing.
The plot is extremely surreal and, at times, baffling. The film begins in the 20s, with the lynching of an artist living in a Louisiana hotel. The mob accuses the artist of bringing evil upon the land and they crucify him in the basement. Flashing forward into the 80s, we see a young woman, Liza Merril (Catriona MacColl), fixing up this same hotel in order to make it functional again. Unfortunately, a series of accidents seem to doom the hotel to instant failure, especially when a body is discovered in the cellar. Liza is then contacted by a mysterious blind woman who warns her that she should simply give up on the hotel, or else evil forces will be unleashed. Weirder things begin to happen and more people are killed off by supernatural zombies. A friend of Liza's, Dr. McCabe (David Warbeck), tries to figure out what's going on in town, but refuses to believe supernatural explainations. Are the 7 gates of hell really opening?
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