From Beyond
1986
Humans are such easy prey.
Directed by Stuart Gordon
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Stuart Gordon
- Written by
- H.P. Lovecraft, Dennis Paoli, Brian Yuzna
- Produced by
- Brian Yuzna
- Composer
- Richard Band
- Cinematographer
- Mac Ahlberg
- Editor
- Lee Percy
- Makeup FX
- Mark Shostrom, William Butler
- Studios
- Empire Pictures, Taryn Prov
- Origin countries
- Italy, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond, Resonator
- TMDB
- 6.5/10 (692 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 73% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 60/100
- IMDb
- 6.6/10 (36,357 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1987)
Cast
Jeffrey Combs
Crawford Tillinghast
Barbara Crampton
Dr. Katherine McMichaels
Ken Foree
Buford 'Bubba' Brownlee
Ted Sorel
Dr. Edward Pretorius
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Dr. Roberta Bloch
Bunny Summers
Neighbor Lady
Bruce McGuire
Jordan Fields
Del Russel
Ambulance Driver
Dale Wyatt
Paramedic
Andrew Lord Miller
Patient - Strait Jacket
John Leamer
Shock Technician
Regina Bleesz
Bondage Girl
Karen Christenfeld
Nurse
Albert Band
Drunk (uncredited)
Crew
Stuart Gordon
Director
Dennis Paoli
Screenplay
Brian Yuzna
Story
H.P. Lovecraft
Novel
Richard Band
Original Music Composer
Mac Ahlberg
Director of Photography
Lee Percy
Editor
Giovanni Natalucci
Production Design
Charles Band
Executive Producer
Michael Avery
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Score
Richard Band
From Beyond (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Remastered]
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — ALIENS Pt 18: From Beyond (1986) / Event Horizon (1997)
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