1979 · horror · necrophilia · gore
Beyond the Darkness
Directed by Joe D'Amato1h 34m1979
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.
Our read: Beyond the Darkness (1979) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · necrophilia · gore entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / necrophilia, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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