Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

Despite being under heavy sedation, a young woman tries to make her way out of the Arboria Institute, a secluded, quasifuturistic commune.

Director:

Panos Cosmatos

Writer:

Panos Cosmatos

Stars:

Eva Bourne, Michael J Rogers, Scott Hylands

5 wins.

Cast

Cast overview:
Michael J Rogers	...	Barry Nyle (as Michael Rogers)
Eva Bourne	...	Elena (as Eva Allan)
Scott Hylands	...	Dr. Mercurio Arboria
Rondel Reynoldson	...	Margo
Marilyn Norry	...	Rosemary Nyle
Gerry South	...	Skinny Hesher
Chris Gauthier	...	Fat Hesher
Sara Stockstad	...	Anna Arboria
Roy Campsall	...	Sentionaut
Geoffrey Conder	...	Mutant
Colombe Meighan	...	Baby Elena
Ryley Zinger	...	Unmasked Sentionaut (as Riley Zinger)
Vincente Rodriguez Lima	...	Mexican DJ

Storyline

Spanning over two decades of research and innovation from the 1960s to the early-1980s, the Arboria Institute--a secluded New Age commune and a state-of-the-art research facility--and the pill-popping psychiatrist, Dr Barry Nyle, are particularly interested in their newest specimen: the female patient, Elena. To begin to understand her mind-boggling telekinetic and telepathic abilities, the demented doctor keeps Elena heavily sedated and in a constant catatonic state; however, her capabilities are unfathomable. What are Dr Nyle's deeper intentions? In the end, could the institute's utopian doctrine be flawed after all?

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Plot Keywords:

kubrickian | death by drug overdose | deranged | retro | retro horror | 

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Taglines:

Beyond Science. Beyond Sanity. Beyond Control.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the end of the promotional video for "Arboria" at the very beginning of the movie, the roman numerals for the copyright date translate to 1966.

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Goofs

In the 105th minute when Barry catches up to Elena in the woods, it is unclear why or how his foot became trapped, leading to his tripping striking his head against a rock.

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Quotes

Barry Nyle: [Imagining himself] You have done so good.

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Crazy Credits

After the end credits, there is a shot of a Sentionaut action figure lying on the floor while the distorted electronic speech that Nyle heard over the phone is audible in the background.

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Connections

References Phase IV (1974)

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Soundtracks

Anonymous
performed by SSQ
written by Jon St. James & John Van Tongeren
published by Jon St. James/FT Music/John Van Tongeren
Courtesy of FT Music & Jon St. James

User Reviews

I wasn't so crazy about it but i seem to be in the minority here

Its a well done enough horror/suspense/David Cronenberg esque wtf kind of film--but after a while i kind of just wanted them to cut to the chase already. by which i mean there's a lot of set up and a lot of artfully done goosing of that set up--but it takes a good hour and a half if not longer before the actual ch as/confrontation between the two main characters that you spend most of the film waiting to happen finally happens. Don't get me wrong--this movie is trying and succeeds to a varying degree at capturing a certain style and certain flavor of suspense horror film---the director is quite clearly a fan of early Cronenberg--there's not just the obvious nod to Scanners but there's nods to The Brood and Shivers and even a slight one to videodrome in here as well (at least i thought i caught those maybe i'm wrong i don't know) and there are nods to other scare films of the early 80's as well--and certainly the whole tone and pace and set design and wardrobe and just everything about it is very much on the money for a suspense film from the early part of that decade--but i don't know, the movie also had a sort of sleepy effect on me---like as psychedelic as the director wants the movie to be (and it definitely is) you can only indulge in that kind of style so much before you just end up putting a guy like me into a kind of coma--and not the cool trance like one that i'm sure the director was hoping his film would have on its audience. You know there's only so much ranting and raving i could take from the good psychotic doctor and there's only so much self defense scenes i could take from the woman in the mental hospital before a part of me just wanted to scream Get on with it already movie! but eventually the movie does--and it does it well enough---but not so well enough that i can't help but think this movie should have probably been at least a half hour shorter then it was. Ehh whatever---i'm positive it will find its audience soon enough anyways and it will have a nice cult like following in the years to come--much like Cronenberg's early stuff does too.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 December 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Beyond the Black Rainbow

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD1,100,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,957, 20 May 2012

Gross USA:

$56,491

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$56,491

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chromewood Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1