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  • 1986
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 1986
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.

Directed By: Stuart Gordon

Written By: H.P. Lovecraft, Brian Yuzna, Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon

  • 1986
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 1986
  • Unrated
  • Empire Pictures
  • 1 h 25 m

From Beyond

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
60
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.

Directed By: Stuart Gordon

Written By: H.P. Lovecraft, Brian Yuzna, Dennis Paoli, Stuart Gordon

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
60
73% Positive
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9% Mixed
1 Review
18% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
60
73% Positive
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9% Mixed
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18% Negative
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80
Re-Animator is a hard act to follow, but Gordon only falls a notch short here, creating some genuinely gruesome thrills as well as an unsettling current of sexual hysteria.
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75
We could do without the film's leather sex scenes, but otherwise From Beyond is a decent enough low- budget horror film that delivers what audiences have every reason to expect--a funny, horrific grossout. [24 Oct 1986, p.A]
By Gene Siskel FULL REVIEW

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75
In its brash, enthusiastic tackiness, From Beyond is a show that would do any carnival proud. [27 Oct 1986, p.5C]
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
75
The functional plot and Gordon’s non-flashy directorial style aren’t what make From Beyond such a memorable cult item; as with Re-Animator, it’s more the audacity of staging elaborate sequences that mix up steamy sexual proclivities and monster madness.
By Jeremiah Kipp FULL REVIEW
63
The movie is the latest horror show from Stuart Gordon, whose Re-Animator was one of the great trash pictures of 1985. From Beyond doesn't quite measure up - it's not trashy enough and it doesn't have the insane tunnel vision of the first movie - but in its own way, this is quite a job.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
50
The symbolism here is dream-book basic.
By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW
30
Humans, it seems, weren't meant to tamper with some things. This picture makes you wonder if cinema is one of them. [14 Nov 1986, p.27]
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Empire Pictures, Taryn Prov
Release Date Oct 24, 1986
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline Humans are such easy prey.
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Awards

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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