Beyond the Darkness

Name: Buio Omega
Genre: Horror
Released: 1984-06-01
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi

Original title: Buio Omega

1979
Unrated
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

5.8K

YOUR RATING

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A disturbed young taxidermist exhumes his recently-deceased girlfriend, takes her body to his family villa, and embalms her corpse with help from his strange housekeeper. But his bouts of in... Read allA disturbed young taxidermist exhumes his recently-deceased girlfriend, takes her body to his family villa, and embalms her corpse with help from his strange housekeeper. But his bouts of insanity are just beginning.A disturbed young taxidermist exhumes his recently-deceased girlfriend, takes her body to his family villa, and embalms her corpse with help from his strange housekeeper. But his bouts of insanity are just beginning.

Director
- Joe D'Amato
Writers
- Mino Guerrini
- Ottavio Fabbri
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

5.8K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Joe D'Amato
Writers
- Mino Guerrini
- Ottavio Fabbri
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Pig skin and offal from a butcher were used for the autopsy scene.

Goofs
When Iris tells Eleanor "Come In", her lips don't move. Likewise when Mr. Kale tells the priest "That'll be enough" about the money Anna's parents left for her burial.

Quotes
Frank Wyler: [to Iris] You old slut!

Alternate versions
The Dutch video version, "Beyond The Darkness", contains several changes from the US version, "Buried Alive": Opening credits run over black with the main theme in the soundtrack as opposed to the US version in which the credits run over a scene of Frank picking up the corpse of a baboon from a friend.

Connections
Edited into Beyond the Darkness Locations: Then and Now - Buio Omega in Brixen (2017)

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Review

Featured review

Admirably sleazy Italian "classic"

D'Amato's adherence to all things vile and sleazy sometimes produces rubbish. In the case of BEYOND THE DARKNESS, he's delivered something great.

The theme is necrophilia and obsession. A man obsesses over his recently deceased girlfriend and beds her in his country house. Sexual intrigue with his maid livens proceedings and a sequence in which a hitchhiker has her fingernails removed is the one to write home about.

I'm not reluctant to say it: I love stuff like this when it's relentless, made without guilt, and moves at a quick clip.

The Goblin soundtrack feels just right and the special make-up effects are more than adequate.

D'Amato achieves a vile, putrid, rotten atmosphere with this gem, and you can't fault the guy for that, can you?