Claudio Fragasso's splatter movie reputation has improved exponentially over the years, not only due to the rabidly infectious, world-wide cult of Nilbog-obsessed 'Troll 2' fans, but the morbidly maggot-strewn mayhem of his splatter happy 'Zombie Flesh Eaters 3' remains a Fragasso highlight! For me, the blood-burnished, B-Movie jewel in maestro Fragasso's sublimely schlocky oeuvre is the demon-possessed, devilishly diabolical 1990s haunted house horror show 'Beyond Darkness'. A genre filmmaker usually disparaged for his rudimentary mise en scene, some trash movie fans may balk at Fragasso's relative cinematic competency as he luridly puts handsome padre (Gene LeBrock), and his young family through their ghastly poltergeist paces!
After they excitedly move into their isolated country abode, ill omened manifestations begin to darkly disrupt their bucolic idyll. Garishly tormented by illuminated netherworld portals, disorientated by spectral, sigil-shrilling radio transmissions, this beleaguered family experiences a terror tumult of legitimately biblical proportions! The goodly, and, perhaps, no longer godly, Father George's (David Brandon) courageous attempts to banish these witchy wraiths concludes in a ghoulishly tempestuous smoke-lashed 80s pop video exorcism! Sympathetically acted by, Gene LeBrock, his fresh-faced amiability is starkly contrasted by the energetically dissipated turn by Euro-cult hero, David Brandon! Last, but by no means least, music maestro, Carlo Maria Cordio provides yet another lively, spine-tinglingly splendid score.
After they excitedly move into their isolated country abode, ill omened manifestations begin to darkly disrupt their bucolic idyll. Garishly tormented by illuminated netherworld portals, disorientated by spectral, sigil-shrilling radio transmissions, this beleaguered family experiences a terror tumult of legitimately biblical proportions! The goodly, and, perhaps, no longer godly, Father George's (David Brandon) courageous attempts to banish these witchy wraiths concludes in a ghoulishly tempestuous smoke-lashed 80s pop video exorcism! Sympathetically acted by, Gene LeBrock, his fresh-faced amiability is starkly contrasted by the energetically dissipated turn by Euro-cult hero, David Brandon! Last, but by no means least, music maestro, Carlo Maria Cordio provides yet another lively, spine-tinglingly splendid score.