Voices from beyond 1991 another narrative mess from near the end of fulcis career, voices from beyond takes on some additional relevance because its. The story centers around the murder of a wealthy man despised by most of his relatives, with his spirit returning from the afterlife to guide his daughter in uncovering the. This view basically states that fulcis 90s films are not a patch on the reputation making extremes of pieces like zombieflesh eaters and the beyond. However, the biggest name involved with the film besides fulci is easily composer stelvio cipriani, a veteran of numerous 70s horror films working with the director for the first and only time. Frizzis score for fulcis the beyond is among the best scores ever produced.
This is the place to discuss the comic with more dogloving filth than any other. Its for fans who appreciate that the maestro had more to offer than just gore and ghouls. Lucio fulci had a deeper involvement in voices from beyond than in many of his other films. The beyond 1981, horror the trailer for lucio fulcis eerie and often nonsensical the beyond.
Meet the operatives of the carnacki institutejc chance. Liza katherine maccoll has inherited a dilapidated hotel in louisiana that just happens to have been built over one of seven gateways. Stroppa had cowritten two of fulci s earlier films, the house of clocks and voices from beyond. Shocking images lucio fulci news cult collectibles. Our editorinchief nate yapp is proud to have contributed to the new book hidden horror. Voices from beyond voci dal profondo 1990 rotten tomatoes. Stroppa had cowritten two of fulcis earlier films, the house of clocks and voices from beyond. He might not have been the nicest person to work with, but his dedication to. A psychic medium attempting to communicate with the dead is locked in a death struggle with his killer cat, set in a quaint english village.
This film, much like fulcis tv movie house of clocks, really acts like an italian twilight zone episode stretched out to feature length done fulci style. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Voices from beyond brad steiger 1968 pb book mystic communicating with the dead. Lucio fulci great director profile senses of cinema. The english soundtrack is rendered in dolby digital mono. Many genre critics consider this film as a return to the basics for mr fulci, on par with his other major secondwind projects like demonia, cat in the brain and devils honey. Radio free albion, a radio station, where voices are being heard over the broadcast. He not only directed the film, with his oldest daughter camilla as assistant director.
Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. For the first time in my fulci series i have little production information to give you, despite even owning a book. He is perhaps best known for his gore films, including zombi 2 1979 and the beyond 1981, although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western and comedy. Oct 15, 2007 fulci is more than capable of creating stark and moving visuals, and there is nothing wrong with linking them together to form a dreamlike state of ambiguousness, but the problem with the beyond. With duilio del prete, karina huff, pascal persiano, lorenzo flaherty italy, 1991. Straight scare stuff, liza catriona mccoll alone in her spooky hotel, discovers echoes of the lynching of a warlock 50some years back, comforted by john david warbeck, in lucio fulcis the beyond, 1981.
Voices from beyond isnt necessarily bad but it is very passable. When a family man is poisoned to death, its covered up as a stomach hemorrhage and his spirit returns to aid his daughter in finding his killers. Lucio fulci 17 june 1927 march 1996 was an italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Voices from beyond dvd, 2001, lucio fulci new factory sealed free shipping. Voices from beyond is the fifth and penultimate book in ghost finders series written by simon r. This will become part of my argument for not only moving beyond voiceagency, but for a moment at least, beyond politics. Duilio del prete karina huff bettina giovannini pascal persiano lorenzo flaherty when giorgio mainardi is poisoned to death, the family is happy to see him go and the murdered is covered up as a stomach hemorrhage. Fulci is all about the fester, the feel and pong of rotting flesh. The unexpected death of wealthy, middleaged giorgio from an internal hemorrhage has cast suspicion on his scheming family, all of whom had reasons to commit murder. Lucio fulci godfather of gore biography, watch details. March, 1996, rome, italy filmography references bibliography web resources and you will face the sea of darkness, and all therein that may be explored. Fulci was slated to also direct the film, but sadly he died before filming could begin, due to a series of delays caused by argentos involvement with his own project, the stendhal syndrome, at the time. Aug 29, 2012 the beyond 1981, horror the trailer for lucio fulci s eerie and often nonsensical the beyond.
It stars a second string team in the carnacki institute, who hunts ghosts. After studying medicine in college and being employed for a time as an art critic, he opted for a film career, first as a director of documentaries, then a screenwriter working initially in the italian comedy field, and later as a bona fide director beginning with i ladri in 1959. Lucio fulci s ghost story voices from beyond comes to dvd with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1. Hybrid childhoods and some critical reflections on childrens emotional geographies. The voices beyond exudes a brooding atmosphere, and even a hint of the supernatural, as dark forces penetrate an idyllic swedish island resort. Flowers in the dustbin freaks run wild in the disco all the madmen 1984 duration.
However, voices from beyond works just well enough without much of that. Daniele stroppa, lucio fulci, piero regnoli starring. Narrator tim gerard reynolds shines with male voicesparticularly that of a depressed telepath named happy who speaks in a slow, heavy cockney accent. Recorded using a what was then new rudimentary synthesizerlike device called a mellotron, frizzi created an eerie orchestration and chorus of voices that were all filtered through the device the result is a resounding emulation what i can only imagine is. Voices from beyond lucio fulci official trailer by. Italian horror master lucio fulci crafts a terrifying movie around an evil cat italian gore master lucio fulci the beyond serves up a wonderfully macabre tale in black cat, a loose adaptation of edgar allen poes short story. A celebration of 101 underrated and overlooked fright flicks, edited by aaron christensen. The original shooting title of the film was urla dal profondo transl. Overview of voices from beyond, 1991, directed by lucio fulci, with duilio del prete, karina huff, pascal persiano, at turner classic movies. Beyond by lucio fulci katherine maccoll, david warbeck. But voices from beyond, which is more concerned with the personal than the public, seems to know exactly what its about, its plot not at all disguising what seem to be a cry for redemption from a man staring into the abyss of death, fulci himself slowly dying of diabetes at the time. Voices from beyond by lucio fulci duilio del prete, karina. Fulci and tranis surrealistic violence is complemented by an orchestral musical score by composer fabio frizzi, which becomes progressively heavy as the beyond approaches its inescapable conclusion. Duilio del prete, karina huff, lorenzo flaherty, pascal persiano.
At its core is an unsolved mystery going back 60 years to a corpse knocking from the grave. Italian horror legend lucio fulci directed this strange little mystery about a woman karina huff whose millionaire father duilio del prete is murdered by having ground glass frozen into the. Voices from the deep is a 1994 italian horror film by director lucio fulci. Fulci pulls out all the stops for his endlessly inventive scenes of carnage and mutilation, driving nails through various body parts and showing that theres more than one way to rip an eyeball out. The life and times of oldman constantine documented herein. Aug 07, 2016 the voices beyond exudes a brooding atmosphere, and even a hint of the supernatural, as dark forces penetrate an idyllic swedish island resort. In my opinion, this book is the best in the series and it should be noted that i hold all four novels in high regard. Despite constant illnesses, little money and being trapped in a genre that he certainly liked but clearly wanted breaks from to do other subjects, voices from beyond shows that fulci could still do it. While its true that fulci had to cope with increasingly shoestring budgets, they where never that big if truth be told he did continue to knock out the occasional gem, and voices.
Jan 01, 2012 the voices beyond is the fourth and last chapter in the oland quartet series written by the swedish crime fiction author, johan theorin. The story centers around the murder of a wealthy man despised by most of his relatives, with his spirit returning from. Jan 04, 2018 the book and its extras come into a big, heavy cassette, shaped like the eidon book from fulcis the beyond. Lucio fulci godfather of gore biography there arent too many people in this world that i truly idolize. Unless, of course, we count giorgios mute, paralyzed father, whom everyone simply ridicules or ignores. The book of eibon, cited in the beyond lucio fulci is best remembered for his delirious hallucinatory and visceral horror films of.
With duilio del prete, karina huff, pascal persiano, lorenzo flaherty. Once youve sampled the beyonds repulsive stew, he kicks back and regroups until its time to serve another heaping helping. Mar 08, 2019 voices from beyond 1991 another narrative mess from near the end of fulcis career, voices from beyond takes on some additional relevance because its such a personal film. Beyond terror the films of lucio fulci by stephen thrower. Chicago police detective tommy ohara tony deguide who is the grandson of retired police chief johnny ohara mickey rooney is under investigation for pol. If you truly believe that, you just must dig this one. The ghostfinders are called upon when undead voices keep calling a local radio station, warning about some undefined approaching evil. Voices from beyond by lucio fulci duilio del prete. While giorgios voice calls out from beyond the grave, rosy is his only hope for justice. In fact, this movie relies highly on a logically connected story, high quality of dialogs without the non sense dialogs of most fulci gore movies, and very descent acting. This film, much like fulci s tv movie house of clocks, really acts like an italian twilight zone episode stretched out to feature length done fulci style. Elena kwoka and olga pchelintsevamares found each other at the right time, when both needed to remember their ukrainian and russian roots and express their souls through folk music.
As a later fulci film, voices is better and more cohesive than others of this period. As with fulcis other films, voices from beyond became a familiar title on the vhs trading circuit, usually copied from an englishlanguage japanese tape. Voices from beyond is a lesserknown, lateera fulci gem. Zombie, city of the living dead, and the beyond are as good as anything the horror genre has produced.
Get over there and start discussing the life and career of this great director. The first legit version was released without frills on dvd in 2001 from image as part of its euroshock collection line, licensed from alfredo leones international media films and sporting a. Seven doors of death, an italian horror gem by director lucio fulci, delivers plenty of fulci s signature gore, all shot in splendid widescreen color. In the 1960s, fulci wrote or directed around 18 italian comedies, many of. One of my list whose work i worship is lucio fulci godfather of gore. While its true that fulci had to cope with increasingly shoestring budgets, they where never that big if truth be told he did continue to knock out the occasional gem, and voices from beyond, in my opinion, is one of them. There are neither subtitles nor closedcaptions on this release. Fab press still has stock available on their incredible book, beyond terror. Voices from beyond is in the works but a street date has not yet been assigned 72101. However, having argued thus, and in this case fully concurring with mitchell and elwood, i will return to some important cautionary questions about politics and emotion in section 4.
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