Lucio Fulci's penultimate film is a bit of a convoluted affair, but I thoroughly enjoyed its deliriously off-kilter energy as it weaved together multiple genres.
The gore master seemingly wanted to throw everything in this, fondly incorporating various elements from his previous work: erotic scenes (Lizard in a Woman's Skin), brutal knife stabs (The New York Ripper), maggots in close-up (City of the Living Dead), dreamlike camera lens filter (Conquest), murder mystery plot (Don't Torture a Duckling), violence towards eyeballs (take your pick), and even zombies! (The Beyond). Yes, zombies. In a random nightmare sequence, Fulci relishes the opportunity to include those mud-caked corpses one last time, and I appreciated it.
Overall, the story in 'Voices from Beyond' plays like a weaker version of Knives Out with a horror twist, but it's thoroughly watchable if you can get onboard with its offbeat and occasionally melodramatic ghost story treatment, featuring trademark imagery from the Italian director while boasting a good soundtrack too.
6.5/10.
The gore master seemingly wanted to throw everything in this, fondly incorporating various elements from his previous work: erotic scenes (Lizard in a Woman's Skin), brutal knife stabs (The New York Ripper), maggots in close-up (City of the Living Dead), dreamlike camera lens filter (Conquest), murder mystery plot (Don't Torture a Duckling), violence towards eyeballs (take your pick), and even zombies! (The Beyond). Yes, zombies. In a random nightmare sequence, Fulci relishes the opportunity to include those mud-caked corpses one last time, and I appreciated it.
Overall, the story in 'Voices from Beyond' plays like a weaker version of Knives Out with a horror twist, but it's thoroughly watchable if you can get onboard with its offbeat and occasionally melodramatic ghost story treatment, featuring trademark imagery from the Italian director while boasting a good soundtrack too.
6.5/10.