Beyond Terror (1980)
10/10
"Like a death rattle."
8 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers
With a friend being a fan of the Tombs of the Blind Dead series of movies,I started to search round for any similar titles that he could view during Halloween.Checking up on IMDb,I was thrilled to stumble on a film which appeared to mix Blind Dead-style zombies with bikers!,which led to me getting ready to find out how far fear could go.

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Avoiding any hint of the supernatural in the opening 30 minutes,the screenplay by co-writer/ (along with Miguel Lizondo and Juan Piquer Simón) director Tomás Aznar cuts into a vicious crime vein,as the writers expertly use harsh,brittle dialogue to show the near animal- like attitude that each of the gang members having to obstacle's in their way.Keeping the blood from the crime vein dripping across the titles entry into supernatural Horror,the writers' strike with a superb clash of styles between Crime & Horror,as the gang slowly discover that their old way of dealing with problems is useless in the deadly unknown.

Backed by a joyful,proto-Saga Mega Drive score,director Tomás Aznar attacks with a brutal force,thanks to Aznar matching the films harsh dialogue by having the gang take on murder,robbery,kidnapping at a relentless pace.Revealing that an aggressive onslaught is far from his only skill,Aznar soaks the film in an atmosphere, eerie mist which tightly wraps around the characters,as they find out what happens when you go further than fear .
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