Beyond Darkness Aka “
Horror House II” is an Italian horror
film directed by
Claudio Fragasso and produced by
the legendary
Joe D’Amato.
Beyond Darkness is also a sequel to the Italian gem “
Ghosthouse”. In this film Father Peter (
Gene
Lebrock) is given a satanic bible from a crazed woman on death row. The
crazed woman claimed she is a witch and was imprisoned for eating children for
their souls.
The crazed woman placed a
death curse on him before dying in the electric chair. Father Peter, his wife and
two children move into an old house, with no knowledge that it was built at a
location where a coven of witches were burned at the stake. Shortly after, strange and paranormal things start to happen as peter begins peaking
in tongues and rants on with strange incantations which seem to
disrupt and awaken the evil further within the house. Suddenly, upon
moving into the home, the film becomes very similar to
Evil Dead as inanimate
objects begin to take a life of their own. Now fully aware of their haunted
house, Peter attempts to compel the evil spirits to leave. When he brings up
the strange occurrences taking place at the home to his superior, who appears
to be aware of what happened at that location decades before he insists that Peters
faith will send it away. Once again the superior suggests that Peter can subdue
the evil with the strength of his faith. Quickly things progress and his son
Martin (
Michael Stephenson) become trapped in another dimension behind
the wall and with his help from a good friend Father
George (
David Brandon)
Beyond Darkness has its moments of being very similar to “
Poltergeist” and “
The Exorcist”, as well
this time to travel to
the realm Beyond, Darkness. When a simple haunting turns into full bodied
burned witches,
Beyond Darkness is an excellent
film that refreshes the haunted house subgenre in a whole new way. Newly
released on
BluRay as a double feature by
Scream! Factory, Beyond Darkness is not a film to pass up on
especially if you loved the first film to this sequel “
Ghosthouse” It can be purchased on
Amazon or directly from
Scream! Factory packaged as a double feature with a sci-fi
horror, “
Metamorphosis”.
Italian
director
Joe D’Amato’s work on this film is spectacular as with the
hundreds of other excellent horror films he released in the past.
Beyond Darkness Aka “Horror House II” is an Italian horror
film directed by Claudio Fragasso and produced by
the legendary Joe D’Amato. Beyond Darkness is also a sequel to the Italian gem “Ghosthouse”. In this film Father Peter (Gene
Lebrock) is given a satanic bible from a crazed woman on death row. The
crazed woman claimed she is a witch and was imprisoned for eating children for
their souls. The crazed woman placed a
death curse on him before dying in the electric chair. Father Peter, his wife and
two children move into an old house, with no knowledge that it was built at a
location where a coven of witches were burned at the stake. Shortly after, strange and paranormal things start to happen as peter begins peaking
in tongues and rants on with strange incantations which seem to
disrupt and awaken the evil further within the house. Suddenly, upon
moving into the home, the film becomes very similar to Evil Dead as inanimate
objects begin to take a life of their own. Now fully aware of their haunted
house, Peter attempts to compel the evil spirits to leave. When he brings up
the strange occurrences taking place at the home to his superior, who appears
to be aware of what happened at that location decades before he insists that Peters
faith will send it away. Once again the superior suggests that Peter can subdue
the evil with the strength of his faith. Quickly things progress and his son Martin (Michael Stephenson) become trapped in another dimension behind
the wall and with his help from a good friend Father George (David Brandon) Beyond Darkness has its moments of being very similar to “Poltergeist” and “The Exorcist”, as well this time to travel to
the realm Beyond, Darkness. When a simple haunting turns into full bodied
burned witches, Beyond Darkness is an excellent
film that refreshes the haunted house subgenre in a whole new way. Newly
released on BluRay as a double feature by Scream! Factory, Beyond Darkness is not a film to pass up on
especially if you loved the first film to this sequel “Ghosthouse” It can be purchased on Amazon or directly from Scream! Factory packaged as a double feature with a sci-fi
horror, “Metamorphosis”. Italian
director Joe D’Amato’s work on this film is spectacular as with the
hundreds of other excellent horror films he released in the past.
