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David Baughn (story)
Herb Freed (screenplay)
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May 1980 (USA) more
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A terrifying story of love and possession...
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An architect and his wife moves into a house with a bloody past and a 100 year old ghost, who possesses the wife. | add synopsis
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Cast

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John Saxon ... Larry Andrews

Lynda Day George ... Barbara Andrews
Michael Dante ... Del Giorgio
Mario Milano ... Dr. Frank Albanos

Janice Lynde ... Alma Martin
David Opatoshu ... Doctor Solomon
Anne Marisse ... Leia Solomon

Zitto Kazann ... Esteban
Beverly Dixon ... Nurse
Alan Caillou ... Police Inspector
Edward Ansara ... Raymond Broido, banker
Jennifer Italiano ... Jennifer (date)
Peggy Stewart ... Woman Patient
Mickey Caruso ... Construction Worker (as Mickey Carouso)

Chuck Hicks ... Hospital Attendant
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94 min
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Nifty low-budget chiller with some atrocious special effects, 14 June 2006
6/10
Author: Steve Miller (nuelow@earthlink.net) from United States

This is a fabulous low-budget chiller that features a great collection of energetic and enthusiastic actors--there are literally no bad performances anywhere--and showcases steady, focused direction of the kind that movies with ten times the budget are often lacking.

On the downside, the film features some rather laughable visible effects. In most cases, the filmmakers seemed to be aware that their budget limited what they could do--and they got by quite effectively with creative lighting, fog machines, jump-cuts, and other inexpensive movie gimmicks--but then they also decided to do some animation effects. These were passable when all they were used for were to illustrate whenever the ghost was up to something evil, but when they started showing laser beams shooting from the eyes of the possessed Barbara, the animation went from cheap-looking to ridiculous.

Despite the occasional special effects missteps, "Beyond Evil" is mostly a competently executed haunted house/possession flick. It sags a bit in the middle--where the voodoo queen flexes her supernatural muscle and things get a bit repetitive as Larry tries to convince the increasingly strange Barbara to seek medical help--but for the most part it remains an engrossing little movie that's worth a look.

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