Beyond Bedlam (1994)

Director:

Vadim Jean

Writers:

John Brosnan (novel)
Vadim Jean
(more)

Release Date:

22 April 1994 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Psychological Terror Beyond Your Wildest Nightmares

Plot:

Dr.Stephanie Lyell works for Neurological Research, and is testing a seemingly safe personality-altering...

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Suicide | Detective | Serial Killer | Hallucination

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Craig Fairbrass	...	Terry Hamilton
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Stephanie Lyell
Keith Allen	...	Marc Gilmour
Anita Dobson	...	Judith
Jesse Birdsall	...	Scott
Craig Kelly	...	Matthew Hamilton
Faith Kent	...	Miss Coope
Georgina Hale	...	Sister Romulus
Samantha Spiro	...	WPC Foster
Steven Brand	...	Turnball
Zoe Heyes	...	Josie
Annette Badland	...	Nurse Wrekin
Natasha Humphrey	...	Gloria
Jack McKenzie	...	DCI Clery
Christopher Adamson	...	Weasel
Shaun Etherton	...	Rookie cop
Andrew Rattenbury	...	Fireman
Carl Proctor	...	Forensic
Che Walker	...	Policeman
Lucinda Clare	...	Emily Stanton (as Lucinda Galloway)
Alastair Cumming	...	Peter Stanton
Jim Groom	...	Geoff
Rod Woodruff	...	Riot cop
Paul Brooks	...	Riot cop
Cleve West	...	Riot cop
Mark Baker	...	Riot cop

Directed by
Vadim Jean

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Brosnan		novel (as Harry Adam Knight)
Vadim Jean
Rob Walker

Produced by
Paul Brooks	....	producer
Tim Dennison	....	line producer
Alan Martin	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David A. Hughes
John Murphy

Cinematography by
Gavin Finney

Film Editing by
Liz Webber

Casting by
Carl Proctor

Production Design by
James Helps

Art Direction by
Riette Hayes-Davies

Set Decoration by
Liz Griffiths

Costume Design by
Jayne Gregory

Makeup Department
Karen Hyams	....	key makeup artist
Jacquetta Levon	....	makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Emily Caston	....	second assistant director
Helen Flint	....	first assistant director
Scott Michell	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Daisy Bodley	....	set dresser
Simon Bowles	....	assistant art director
Paul Garner	....	illustrator
Dave Goodman	....	metal worker
Fred Gray	....	scenic artist
Freddie Harrison	....	property master
Harriet Margolies	....	art department runner
Christy Merritt	....	scenic artist (as Chris Merritt)

Sound Department
Jim Archer	....	sound transferer
Roy Baker	....	foley artist
Brian Blamey	....	dialogue editor
Mick Boggis	....	foley mixer
Richard Flynn	....	sound mixer
Diane Greaves	....	foley artist
Jacques Leroide	....	foley editor
Tim Partridge	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Clive Pendry	....	dubbing mixer
Jeremy Stephens	....	boom operator
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Ted Swanscott	....	foley mixer
Ian Wilson	....	sound designer
Steve Hancock	....	sound camera operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Stuart Brisdon	....	special effects
Ian Lowe	....	special effects
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	special effects supervisor
John Van Der Pool	....	special effects

Stunts
Raymond Holt	....	stunt rigger
Glenn Marks	....	stunts
Rod Woodruff	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
John Brown	....	still photographer
Chris Cheshire	....	camera operator
Dan Fontaine	....	rigging gaffer
Jeremy Forster	....	assistant camera: second unit
Richard Gibb	....	camera operator: second unit
John Hammond	....	gaffer
Simone Horrocks	....	assistant camera: second unit
Alex Howe	....	assistant camera: second unit
Jonathan Lambert	....	focus puller
Ross Macdonald	....	action photographer
Rod Marley	....	clapper loader (as Roddy Marley)
Les Pickering	....	key grip
Derek Sheriff	....	best boy
John Ward	....	Steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Soma Eatwell	....	costume trainee

Editorial Department
Paul Ensby	....	color timer
Paul Topping	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Vadim Jean	....	executive music producer

Other crew
Mark Baker	....	armorer
Derek Bremner	....	armorer
Paul Cayford	....	architectural consultant
Emily Clarke	....	animal handler
Billy Davey	....	fire technical advisor
Craig Fairbrass	....	fight arranger
Renée Glynne	....	script supervisor
Atique Hanif	....	location manager
Emma Lever	....	production coordinator
Julia Morpeth	....	location scout
Rob Partridge	....	armorer
David Paul	....	fire safety officer
Susy Telling	....	stand-in
Rod Woodruff	....	fight arranger

Production Companies

• Metrodome Films

Distributors

• Live Entertainment (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (Finland)
• International Video Productions
• Live Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• New Star (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH
• Warner Home Video (1995) (Netherlands) (VHS)

Special Effects

• United Special Effects (physical effects)
• Electric Light Company (special effects lighting)
• Image Animation (special prosthetics effects)

Other Companies

• Altus Group of Companies  photocopying equipment
• Audio Link  sound equipment
• Cine Image Film Opticals  titles and opticals
• Cooking Crew  catering
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  sound effects
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  sound re-recording
• Digital Soundhouse  sound effects
• Digital Soundhouse  sound transfers
• Fine Cut Film Editors  sound effects
• Instant Zip-Up Ltd.  grip equipment
• Location Facilities  transportation facilities
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  cutting room equipment
• Paul Mitchell Luxury Haircare  hair products
• Perdix Firearms Ltd.  armourers
• Prop Portfolio  action vehicles
• Prop Portfolio  cars
• Rex Howard Drapes  drapes supplied by
• Richmond Film Services  sound equipment
• Rogers & Cowan  publicity
• T&D Builders  Construction
• Talkland Communications  mobile communication
• Triple A Security Ltd.  security provided by
• Video Film & Grip Company  grip equipment
• Wolf Studios  sound effects

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, sexuality and language

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Friern Barnet Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, Friern Barnet, London, England, UK

Company:

Metrodome Films

Trivia:

First announced in the UK trades with a different cast many of these dropped out before filming started.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Empire of the Censors (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

RETURN TO ME

Bedlam in the editing booth, or, Nightwasted

Oh, the pain, the pain! This was a truly awful movie. I saw it on video as Nightscare, and it claimed to be as good as Hellraiser.

Dr. Lyell (Elizabeth Hurley) has developed an injection that is supposed to supply the neurotransmitter that psychopaths lack, giving them the positive social traits everyone else has. She apparently only tested it on one other person other than the serial killer Gilmour - herself. Two people die under strange circumstances in the apartment building she lives in. Detective Hamilton feels Gilmour must be involved. None of these characters are interesting, and the acting all around is pretty sub-par.

What is going on is unclear, not so much because of any surreal or Lynchian, etc. elements at work, but poor storytelling, editing, directing, etc. Apparently the drug gives Dr. Lyell bad dreams that come true. Or perhaps they create a link whereby Gilmour can make Lyell's dreams come true. However, Lyell and Hamilton both see and feel things happen to them while they are awake, that apparently Gilmour is causing while he is also awake. Lyell and Hamilton encounter people from their lives who are now dead, including people they inadvertently killed themselves. Lyell and Hamilton realize these people are dead, and the dead people tend to repeat whatever they say like broken records, and yet Lyell and Hamilton can't stop themselves from listening to the dead and conversing with them. At other times, Gilmour can apparently transfer himself out of his cell, and transform himself into other people. A mess.

The ending is truly awful, the sort of open ending one would expect from someone who hoped to make a sequel. Please, let there be no sequel to this, please!