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Beyond the Darkness (1979) | Top 25% · CriticCrunch

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Beyond the Darkness

Movie1979·94 min

Beyond the Darkness

Directed by Joe D'Amato

A horror film directed by Joe D'Amato.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 25%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.5/10

191 ratings

About Beyond the Darkness

A disturbed young embalmer digs the grave of his recently deceased girlfriend and brings her body to his family villa with help from his strange housekeeper. But his bouts of insanity are just beginning.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: obsession, grief and loss, trauma recovery, supernatural, grand estate, isolated dwelling, romantic partners, villain protagonist, slow burn reveal, survival, serial killer, body horror, gothic horror

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Details

Director: Joe D'Amato
Language: Italian

Cast

Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi

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How Beyond the Darkness Ranks

All movies

Top 25%

1970s movies

Top 33%

Horror movies

Top 24%

1970s Horror movies

Top 28%

★Joe D'Amato films#1 of 4

Joe D'Amato's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Beyond the Darkness Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowingeasy to followseriousintimatehaunting

gritty

unsettling

What it's about

slow-burn revealsurvivalobsessiongrief & losstrauma recoveryvillain protagonistromantic partnerssupernaturalserial killerbody horrorgothic horrorgrand estateisolated dwelling

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

grittygritty