From Beyond (1986) on Netflix
Dr. Edward Pretorius has built the Resonator, a machine that lets anyone in range see past ordinary reality. His assistant Crawford Tillinghast switches it on, and creatures appear.
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Plot summary
The Resonator, a machine that stimulates the pineal gland, allows anyone within its range to perceive what lies past ordinary reality. Crawford Tillinghast, the physician assisting Dr. Edward Pretorius, switches it on and sees creatures moving in the air. The experiment slips out of control, and Pretorius, unwilling to shut the machine down, keeps it running at full power. Crawford flees the house. The police who come to it find Pretorius's severed head and charge Crawford with murder, sending him to a psychiatric ward under Dr. Bloch. Dr. Katherine McMichaels, a psychiatrist, hears his account and takes custody of him, and Detective Bubba Brownlee, who is investigating the death, travels with them to the house.
Cast
- John Leameras Shock Technician
- Regina Bleeszas Bondage Girl
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about From Beyond (1986)
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- Stuart Gordon moved the production to Italy purely to save money. He reckoned the film would have cost fifteen million dollars to make in the United States; with an Italian crew he held it to about two and a half million.
- The film was made at Dinocitta, a soundstage outside Rome built by Dino De Laurentiis, seized by the government over unpaid taxes and then sold to Empire Studios. From Beyond was one of the first films shot there under Empire's ownership.
- Gordon was shooting two horror films at once at that studio: while From Beyond was in production he also made Dolls, which came out the following year.
- Four separate special effects teams worked on the picture, and producer Brian Yuzna said the money ran out before the effects for the finale could be finished.
- Winning an R rating became a war of attrition. The MPAA told Gordon the trouble was the cumulative effect of the gore rather than any single shot, so he sent in cut after cut until they told him that trimming one specific frame would earn the rating. He said afterwards that the trimming made the film stronger.
