The Beyond

film #6 of hooptober the 6th: the producers cut lucio fulci famously said that the beyond is "a film of images, which must be received without any reflection." that may be the single most brilliant way to shut down any critiques about incoherence and a meandering, nonsensical plot that has ever been uttered. the thing is, he's actually kind of in the right here, and not just because it's his film. the beyond is best appreciated when you don't try to focus on the story, which doesn't hold together at all, or the characters who don't have any consistency to them. that sounds like i'm saying read more

the use of space in the beyond is so unique. normal locations are framed and lit in such an uncanny way that emphasizes the surreal undercurrent. every moving part telegraphs the impending doom and the void that calls to our characters. read more