tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post2295373880531790994..comments2024-01-31T18:37:07.424+00:00Comments on The Agitation of the Mind: ITALIAN HORROR MOVIE BLOGATHON: The BeyondNeil Fulwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-67474063225320909782011-10-28T19:10:41.134+01:002011-10-28T19:10:41.134+01:00Indeed this is one of the most beautiful looking o...Indeed this is one of the most beautiful looking of all Italian horror movies. You're right when you talk about this is a film that must be experienced and not explained. There's just something about it that has stuck with me all these years. Those final images (along with Frizzi's score) still give me chills. <br /><br />I don't know if I'm as enamored as you and Tim are with the opening of the film...I still don't know whether I can give THAT much credit to Fulci. Although, the more I see the film -- and Fulci's subsequent efforts -- the more I'm convinced that THE BEYOND was the last time Fulci really tried hard. <br /><br />The Film Connoisseur's favorite shots align with mine. I've already mentioned the final moment of the film, but I also love the image of the blind girl on the freeway. The breadth -- the expansiveness -- of that long shot with the barren surroundings is a perfect image for the film: displacing and eerie. <br /><br />Of course, there's also goofiness that abounds. The spider scene is, appropriately, the most infamous of the movie (and how I first heard about it some 6 years ago), but I also love the bizarre scene in the hospital where the little girl just stands there and watches the acid pour all over the face of her poor mother. The pacing of this scene is just so tremendously maddening that is perfectly captures the appropriate otherworldly tone that Fulci is going for. When the jello-like blood/acid mixture starts to ooze towards the little girl, you cannot help but simultaneously laugh and be terrified...terrified because you're wondering, "what the hell am I watching, and what could possibly happen next!"<br /><br />The conclusion of that moment is also weird as the girl turns around to see a zombie and she screams...and then that's it. Fulci then gives us a smash cut of a band playing music in a cafe. That scene still fascinates me even after the millions of times I've seen the movie. <br /><br />Anywho, I could go on all day talking THE BEYOND. Thanks for this, Neil! I'm thrilled you contributed to my humble little project. I really appreciate it. Great post!Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-11634216779239490052011-10-28T01:49:23.098+01:002011-10-28T01:49:23.098+01:00Excellent review Neil. This looks like quality Ful...Excellent review Neil. This looks like quality Fulci. His films I've seen (Zombie, The Four of the Apocalypse) didn't really impressed me. But this one looks better in style and content!MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366182655374603950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-8448397633558693642011-10-27T22:00:23.676+01:002011-10-27T22:00:23.676+01:00Two of my favorite shots ever on any horror film a...Two of my favorite shots ever on any horror film ar The Beyond. First one is the shot of the lonely blind girl in the middle of the road, and the other one is the shot of the couple once they've entered hell. Agree with you, this is a beautiful looking horror film, the atmosphere in certain moments is extremely palpable. <br /><br />Agree with you on the comparison between Fulci's three films (and three unholy books) and the Three Mothers Trilogy!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14575780.post-24861986522408495992011-10-27T03:37:51.706+01:002011-10-27T03:37:51.706+01:00I know a review has captured the spirit of a film ...I know a review has captured the spirit of a film I love when it makes me want to watch said film again as soon as I've finished reading it. This would be one of those reviews. I'll be dragging out The Lucio Fulci Collection Vol. 1 this weekend, to be sure. Thanks for the reminder, Neil.Michael Groverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415848614028804767noreply@blogger.com