Running Time 95 Min
Format: DVD MOVIE
Customer Reviews:
Awful.......2007-04-07
This movie is awful, terrible, and has no redeeming value. This is much like the original Reanimator. I loved it! Okay, the acting may have not been Oscar worthy and the plot was kind of stupid, but it had Herbert West up to his experiments again. If you want Gone With the Wind, why even bother reading reviews of this type of film. If you want a camp culture classic with no social value and plenty of gore and pointless shots of the totally unsympathetic heroine's fishnets, this is it! Gotta love it.
A BOMB of a flick except for a few good gore effects.......2007-03-13
This sequel to a horror classic started out ok, but by the middle, none of it mattered anymore, I even got a bit tired of the well done gore effects because I had to sit through scenes of a severed [...] and rat duking it out! The original "ReAnimator" is a great flick to see if you want excellent and original gore effects as well as a creepy storyline, but this sequel just stinks.
The Doctor Is In(sane)... .......2006-06-04
Jeffrey Combs returns once more as Dr. Herbert West, mad scientist and iconic miscreant! This time he's operating from behind bars, using his nefarious expertise to capture the life-force from the prison's rodent population. Of course, things just wouldn't be right if he didn't start re-animating human corpses as well! With the help of the new prison doc, West begins his work on the inmates and the sadistic warden. A nosey (and beautiful) gal reporter snoops about until her curiosity gets her killed. Then, it's Dr. West to the rescue! Lots of gushy gore, drool, and minor nekkidness. Watch for the severed, re-animated male member vs. the zombie rat during the end credits! Eeegads!...
Miserable acting, horrible script, inane directing........2006-01-29
What a mind-numbingly inept end chapter to a series that began with the greatest horror-comedy of all time, The Re-Animator. Continuing in his deluded quest to claim the Re-Animator series for his own, and to convince us that he can direct, producer Brian Yuzna has managed the opposite. Beyond Re-Animator merely confirms what was evident about the Yuzna-directed Bride of Re-Animator, that Yuzna knows nothing about directing actors and story.
As with Dagon, Yuzna seems to have secured financing from Spanish sources for this film. Unfortunately, the problem is that they also tried to force in a mostly Spanish cast. This is a story set in Massachusetts, for crying out loud -- why would the warden of the prison, the reporter coming to cover the story, the guards, and a good 90 per cent of the inmates all have Spanish accents? It wouldn't be as howlingly horrible if these guys could act, but they can't. Simon Andreu as Warden Brando and Elsa Pataky as love interest Laura Olney get the most screentime of anyone in the cast, but their acting is so bad, and their ADR-afflicted lines so glaringly off, that they manage to sink the film every time they open their mouths. Yuzna seems to pick his leading ladies based on their willingness to take off their clothes (witness the gratuitous "nurse nipple" scene in this film, or Fabiana Udenio and Kathleen Kinmont in Bride of Re-Animator), and Pataky makes for one of the most unsympathetic love interests I can remember.
But even Pataky and Andreu pale in incompetence next to that blustery, seething mass of bad acting that is leading man Jason Barry. Based on Yuzna's shoddy history with actors, one might be tempted to blame it on the director, but the fact is that in this film, Jason Barry is incapable of pulling off a single believable moment, basic elementary acting. His every internal and external beat rings false, his dialogue delivery sounds like a cold reading, and even his basic body movements look like amateur theatre. Most high-school students do better than this. Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, seasoned pro that he is, gamely plays along, but the script puts West's character so far off to the sideline in favour of the vomit-inducing Pataky-Andreu axis that Combs is unable to save this film.
On a strictly technical level, the cinematography looks good, the score is all right (though often too serious-minded for its own good), and the film doesn't look low-budget. But when the "story" is such a mess and the actors so inept, no amount of slick lighting and camera moves can save a film. Yuzna really should stick with producing, because on the Stuart Gordon-directed Dagon, at least there were some good moments. But Beyond Re-Animator is beyond salvaging, possibly the worst film sequel I've ever seen, and way up there in the list of worst films I've ever subjected myself to.
see it if only for the music video.......2006-01-26
Yes, the original Re-Animator and it's sequel, Bride of Re-Animator, are very cheesy and of course Beyond Re-Animator is probably the cheesiest by far, but I still love them! Jeffrey Combs was born to play Dr. Herbert West, forever on the quest of developing a re-animation agent.
We find Dr. West in prison in this chapter, for the atrocities that occurred in the last movie. He doesn't quite fit in with the other cell mates, he is too sophisticated and too strange a man. His dull prison life is soon interrupted when a new doctor, whose sister was killed by one of West's "patients", becomes part of the staff and wants Dr. West to assist him.
Together they assemble a lab and begin to develop the re-animation serum along with trying to perfect a new part of the process which transfers the missing essence of one's soul into the patient- hypothetically making them act more like people and less like zombies. Of course it doesn't quite work and chaos ensues.
Beyond Re-Animator is great fun, especially if you don't take it too seriously. It is easy to root for Dr. Herbert West as he tries once again to successfully re-animate the dead. Jeffrey Combs is brilliant and the prison makes for a great atmosphere. Rats are also featured quite hilariously in the movie, which is personally a favorite little creature of mine. There are a few extras on the DVD, including an awesomely bad music video called something like "Re-Animate You Feet" or "Move Your Dead Bones". If you like bad horror movies then this one is for you.
Average customer rating:
- Six stars!
- The Wait is Over!
- WTF is holding this up from a proper NTSC release?
- A True Horror Classic. One of Gordon's Best. YOU MUST SEE THIS!!!
- One of the best!!!
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From Beyond (German Version)
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Product Description
Doctor Pretorius and his colleague, Dr. Tillinghast (Jeffrey Combs), work on a sensational experiment: by means of stimulation if the pineal gland they want to open mind for higher dimensions. When the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible creatures from the inner dimensions. When Pretorius is killed by one of them, Dr. Tillinghast is under suspect and thrown into psychiatry due to his stories. Only the ambitious psychologist Dr. McMichaels (Barbara Crampton) believes him and wants to continue the experiment.
Customer Reviews:
Six stars!.......2007-06-03
I am very happy to see that an affordable DVD of this film is finally going to be released (according to another reviewer, anyway). Actually, the price for the DVD has come down (from over $100) since the last time I looked in these pages.
The VHS version of this was actually my very first online purchase, here at Amazon in 1999 (Suncoast had told me it was out of print and to check back).
At any rate, this is one of my very favorite films. I in fact like it better than _Re-animator_, a very good film in its own right. Why _Re-animator_ got all the kudos while this film has been mostly ignored is a mystery to me!
The movie gets going right from the start, and doesn't let up until the very end. While the plot has little to do with the original Lovecraft story, it's still brilliantly done. I would say that the movie is bookended between two wonderful lines. Very early, we are treated to a full-screen shot of Jeffrey Combs' face as he says, with his inimitable impression of traumatized horror: "It ate his head like a gingerbread man." At the end, an injured Barbara Crampton, thoroughly driven mad, says (or rather shrieks): "It ate him!" In between, it's a tremendous ride.
The plot is not one of the stereotyped horror film plots, the casting is almost perfect, and the script fits the story with jigsaw precision. But for me, the main thing to remember about this film is what I would call its "purity of essence": as far as I can tell, there's really nothing that could be cut from the movie without detracting from it, while adding to it would, I think, only dilute it.
This movie is definitely in my top five list. If the rumored new DVD doesn't come out, I think I'm going cough up for the German one. If I could, I'd actually give this one six stars -- I like it that much!
The Wait is Over!.......2007-05-26
A director's cut will be released, with extras, on September 11. Yeah!
WTF is holding this up from a proper NTSC release?.......2007-04-15
The fans demand it. This is classic Jeffery Combs and hands down one of the best HP Lovecraft movies to hit the screen. It's right up there with Re-Animator if not a better film in some respects because of where it takes you. It's a classic in every sense of the word and it's due a proper DVD release. What's the hold up?
A True Horror Classic. One of Gordon's Best. YOU MUST SEE THIS!!!.......2007-04-05
This is without a doubt one of my favorite horror films. It really is a
shame that there is not a proper Region 1 NTSC release of this
Masterpiece...
'From Beyond' is pure horror delirium from start to finish. It is as
close to a perfect horror film as I have I witnessed so far in my
ceaseless quest to see every freaking horror film ever made...
The plot is dynamic and swift (It is based on one of Lovecraft's better
stories). It has delicious special effects, an excellent score, and
pitch perfect performances from Combs, Crampton, Sorel, and Foree...
'Re-Animator' has been a long time favorite of mine, a true Classic in
the genre. For years I had been literally dying to see the supposedly
amazing follow up- 'From Beyond'. However, it has long been
unavailable.
I finally broke down and purchased a Region Free DVD Player (best toy I
have EVER purchased). The first DVD I obtained to break-in my new
machine was this one. An outstanding PAL DVD of this film from Dragon
(Germany). I popped this film in excitedly and was promptly blown
away...
If you have never had the pleasure of witnessing this far-too-rare
Classic, YOU MUST. In my opinion, it holds up to Re-Animator. It is
really that good. Since acquiring this piece of celluloid perfection 3
months ago, I have watched in about 6 times. Each time I watch it I
love it more and more. It is seriously worth obtaining a Region Free
DVD Player for. Gordon and Yuzna have not even come close to this level
of film making perfection since this and 'Re-Animator'. You need to see
incredibly film now...
One of the best!!!.......2007-02-14
I first saw From Beyond when it was first released. It still is a classic today. I love anything by HPL. The acting is first rate. The special effects are fine. If you can, get this DVD in any form available. I bought it (the German version) from Kerrys-Kornucopia in Cincinnati, Ohio. It wasn't cheap, but it has an English audio option, so those who don't understand German can hear it in English.
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- Awful
- A BOMB of a flick except for a few good gore effects
- The Doctor Is In(sane)...
- Miserable acting, horrible script, inane directing.
- see it if only for the music video
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Beyond Re-Animator [Region 2]
Starring: Jeffrey Combs , Tommy Dean Musset , Jason Barry , Bárbara Elorrieta , and Elsa Pataky
Director: Brian Yuzna
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Customer Reviews:
Awful.......2007-04-07
This movie is awful, terrible, and has no redeeming value. This is much like the original Reanimator. I loved it! Okay, the acting may have not been Oscar worthy and the plot was kind of stupid, but it had Herbert West up to his experiments again. If you want Gone With the Wind, why even bother reading reviews of this type of film. If you want a camp culture classic with no social value and plenty of gore and pointless shots of the totally unsympathetic heroine's fishnets, this is it! Gotta love it.
A BOMB of a flick except for a few good gore effects.......2007-03-13
This sequel to a horror classic started out ok, but by the middle, none of it mattered anymore, I even got a bit tired of the well done gore effects because I had to sit through scenes of a severed [...] and rat duking it out! The original "ReAnimator" is a great flick to see if you want excellent and original gore effects as well as a creepy storyline, but this sequel just stinks.
The Doctor Is In(sane)... .......2006-06-04
Jeffrey Combs returns once more as Dr. Herbert West, mad scientist and iconic miscreant! This time he's operating from behind bars, using his nefarious expertise to capture the life-force from the prison's rodent population. Of course, things just wouldn't be right if he didn't start re-animating human corpses as well! With the help of the new prison doc, West begins his work on the inmates and the sadistic warden. A nosey (and beautiful) gal reporter snoops about until her curiosity gets her killed. Then, it's Dr. West to the rescue! Lots of gushy gore, drool, and minor nekkidness. Watch for the severed, re-animated male member vs. the zombie rat during the end credits! Eeegads!...
Miserable acting, horrible script, inane directing........2006-01-29
What a mind-numbingly inept end chapter to a series that began with the greatest horror-comedy of all time, The Re-Animator. Continuing in his deluded quest to claim the Re-Animator series for his own, and to convince us that he can direct, producer Brian Yuzna has managed the opposite. Beyond Re-Animator merely confirms what was evident about the Yuzna-directed Bride of Re-Animator, that Yuzna knows nothing about directing actors and story.
As with Dagon, Yuzna seems to have secured financing from Spanish sources for this film. Unfortunately, the problem is that they also tried to force in a mostly Spanish cast. This is a story set in Massachusetts, for crying out loud -- why would the warden of the prison, the reporter coming to cover the story, the guards, and a good 90 per cent of the inmates all have Spanish accents? It wouldn't be as howlingly horrible if these guys could act, but they can't. Simon Andreu as Warden Brando and Elsa Pataky as love interest Laura Olney get the most screentime of anyone in the cast, but their acting is so bad, and their ADR-afflicted lines so glaringly off, that they manage to sink the film every time they open their mouths. Yuzna seems to pick his leading ladies based on their willingness to take off their clothes (witness the gratuitous "nurse nipple" scene in this film, or Fabiana Udenio and Kathleen Kinmont in Bride of Re-Animator), and Pataky makes for one of the most unsympathetic love interests I can remember.
But even Pataky and Andreu pale in incompetence next to that blustery, seething mass of bad acting that is leading man Jason Barry. Based on Yuzna's shoddy history with actors, one might be tempted to blame it on the director, but the fact is that in this film, Jason Barry is incapable of pulling off a single believable moment, basic elementary acting. His every internal and external beat rings false, his dialogue delivery sounds like a cold reading, and even his basic body movements look like amateur theatre. Most high-school students do better than this. Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, seasoned pro that he is, gamely plays along, but the script puts West's character so far off to the sideline in favour of the vomit-inducing Pataky-Andreu axis that Combs is unable to save this film.
On a strictly technical level, the cinematography looks good, the score is all right (though often too serious-minded for its own good), and the film doesn't look low-budget. But when the "story" is such a mess and the actors so inept, no amount of slick lighting and camera moves can save a film. Yuzna really should stick with producing, because on the Stuart Gordon-directed Dagon, at least there were some good moments. But Beyond Re-Animator is beyond salvaging, possibly the worst film sequel I've ever seen, and way up there in the list of worst films I've ever subjected myself to.
see it if only for the music video.......2006-01-26
Yes, the original Re-Animator and it's sequel, Bride of Re-Animator, are very cheesy and of course Beyond Re-Animator is probably the cheesiest by far, but I still love them! Jeffrey Combs was born to play Dr. Herbert West, forever on the quest of developing a re-animation agent.
We find Dr. West in prison in this chapter, for the atrocities that occurred in the last movie. He doesn't quite fit in with the other cell mates, he is too sophisticated and too strange a man. His dull prison life is soon interrupted when a new doctor, whose sister was killed by one of West's "patients", becomes part of the staff and wants Dr. West to assist him.
Together they assemble a lab and begin to develop the re-animation serum along with trying to perfect a new part of the process which transfers the missing essence of one's soul into the patient- hypothetically making them act more like people and less like zombies. Of course it doesn't quite work and chaos ensues.
Beyond Re-Animator is great fun, especially if you don't take it too seriously. It is easy to root for Dr. Herbert West as he tries once again to successfully re-animate the dead. Jeffrey Combs is brilliant and the prison makes for a great atmosphere. Rats are also featured quite hilariously in the movie, which is personally a favorite little creature of mine. There are a few extras on the DVD, including an awesomely bad music video called something like "Re-Animate You Feet" or "Move Your Dead Bones". If you like bad horror movies then this one is for you.
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