Maybe, however, we are looking at the film the wrong way if we are seeking out a deeper literary source to validate our taste in populist cinema. The Beyond, after all, is a B movie. It is also a beautiful mess.
Eschewing a more traditional narrative and casting aside logic this occasionally somnambulistic film drifts from one shocking set piece to another as a feeling of dread eclipses plot to give the sense of a long lucid nightmare. It may prove beneficial for viewers to overlook the many flaws and just revel in the sheer horror of it all.
This is the product of a particularly fruitful period of collaboration with a Dardano Sacchetti story and a sublime Fabio Frizzi score.
