DVD Pick of the Week: The Beyond

Welcome back! Well, to some of you, anyway. To the rest of you, glad you decided to stop by and I hope that this humble column helps you navigate the stacks of new releases each week. My goal is to point you toward titles of interest and warn you away from those films that seek to do nothing but leech away your time and give you nothing in return.

Full disclosure: I have not seen many of these titles and what follows are not necessarily reviews. It is my opinion based upon what I know of the titles I pluck from the new release lists that I peruse. The opinions I give based on the new releases are my own, and my recommendations upon them are based on my personal interest. In any case, I hope you enjoy and perhaps find something you like or a title to point me towards.

The Beyond. It may not be the best title on this week's list, but how can you have a non-horror pick during the week of Halloween? Then I came across this new release of The Beyond from Grindhouse Releasing and my pick almost chose itself. It has been some time since I have seen it, but I am hankering for some old school gore, and Italian director Lucio Fulci is good at delivering that. His horror films tend to be slowly paced and punctuated with horrific gore scenes, including at least one scene of eye violence. This one does have the issue of having a New Orleans basement as a plot point (as we all know New Orleans homes have no basements). That basement has a doorway to Hell; once opened, you may want to run like hell. This new release includes all of the graphic crucifixions, deadly tarantula attacks, acid baths, eyeball impalements, throat-shredding demon dogs, and hordes of flesh-eating zombies that you could want in a brand new transfer with a plethora of extras. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)

Tinker Bell. Disney has a brand new, computer animated adventure for Peter Pan's fairy friend. All I have seen from this is the commercial and I am sure the kids will love it, but it really doesn't look up to snuff. I guess I should not expect too much. Of course, I am not in the target audience anyway. (BUY, RENT, SKIP)

Article Author: Chris Beaumont

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