1986 · horror · sci-fi
From Beyond
Directed by Stuart Gordon1h 25m1986
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.
Our read: From Beyond (1986) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal horror · sci-fi entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- surreal
- bleak
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