Beyond The Darkness (1979)

(AKA: Buio Omega - Buried Alive)

My rating - 5.5/10

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A young, very disturbed man digs up the body of his recently dead girlfriend and takes her home. With the help of his equally strange housekeeper they embalm the woman so he can keep her in his bedroom. His mental state quickly devolves and soon kidnapping, murder and necrophilia are on his mind.

Directed by Joe D'Amato this nauseating slice of euro horror has been shocking people for many decades. A lot of people say it's far to nasty to be entertaining and it's a rare case where you can see why. Lots of graphic gore including stabbings, fingernails pulled out, decapitations, cannibalism and disembowlment are all presented in unflinching detail. Joe D'Amato once said he wanted to make a movie that will make people who watch it vomit. He proably achieved that.

The acting and script isn't much to write home about but it gets the job done, and the whole thing does have a very sleazy feel to it and is often uncomfortable to sit through. For those with strong stomachs only.

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