E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà (1981)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

Dardano Sacchetti (story)
Dardano Sacchetti (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

March 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Behind this doorway lie the terrifying and unspeakable secrets of hell. No one who sees it lives to describe it. And you shall live in darkness for all eternity.

Plot:

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where after a series of supernatural 'accidents', she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Hell | Doctor | Blind | Painter

Cast

Catriona MacColl	...	Liza Merril (as Katherine MacColl)
David Warbeck	...	Dr. John McCabe
Cinzia Monreale	...	Emily (as Sarah Keller)
Antoine Saint-John	...	Schweick
Veronica Lazar	...	Martha
Anthony Flees	...	Larry
Giovanni De Nava	...	Joe the Plumber
Al Cliver	...	Dr. Harris
Michele Mirabella	...	Martin Avery
Gianpaolo Saccarola	...	Arthur (as Giampaolo Saccarola)
Maria Pia Marsala	...	Jill
Laura De Marchi	...	Mary-Ann

Also Known As:

And You Will Live in Terror: The Beyond (Italy) (literal English title)
L'aldilà (Italy) (short title)
Seven Doors of Death (USA) (censored version)
The Beyond (International: English title)

Runtime:

87 min | USA:80 min (R-rated version)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Black and White (Sepia) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (original version) | Dolby (US version)

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | UK:18 (re-rating: 1987) (cut) (re-rating: 2001) (uncut) | UK:(Banned) (1984-1987) | UK:X (original rating: 1981) (cut) | USA:R (heavily cut) | USA:Unrated (uncut) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Germany:Not Rated (DVD rating) | Sweden:15 (uncut) | Italy:VM14 (DVD rating) | Australia:R | France:-16 | Italy:VM18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:18 (video rating) | West Germany:(Banned) | Norway:(Banned) (video rating) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Fulvia Film

Trivia:

Director Lucio Fulci had his Zombi 2 (1979) star Tisa Farrow in mind for the lead in this film, but Farrow had left the acting profession.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Warbeck and MacColl enters the elevator at the hospital when they are escaping from the zombies Warbeck starts to reload his gun. Just before the elevator doors close we can clearly see that he put the bullets down the gun barrel as a joke and both him and MacColl starts to laugh.

Quotes:

Dr. John McCabe: Trust me, I'm a doctor.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Necrophagia: Through Eyes of the Dead (2002) (V)

Fulci's finest! Essential horror viewing.

If you think Dario Argento doesn't give a damn about coherent plots, check out Lucio Fulci! 'The Beyond' does have a (Lovecraftian) plot as such - a woman inherits a hotel in Louisiana that contains one of the doorways to Hell - but that is basically an excuse for Fulci to string together a series of fantastic and frequently gory images. These include zombie attacks, eye gougings, a better dog attack scene than 'Suspiria', the crucifixion of a Satanist, and a sequence involving tarantulas which has to be one of the high points of horror, anywhere, anytime.

'The Beyond' is sensational and a bona fide modern horror classic. Absolutely essential viewing!