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SOURCE-Scream Factory Blu ray
Ahh Claudio Fragasso,while Troll 2 is his best known movie it is my least favorite of the 3 of his I have seen now. Favorite is Night Killer,which I am sure I covered a few years ago during 31 Days of Horror,but Beyond Darkness is a close 2nd.
Take Poltergeist mix in The Exorcist a dash of Lucio Fulci's The Beyond and you get this early 90s cheese fest.
We got a house that has something in the wall that is calling to the young daughter Carol. Her slightly older brother is the kid from Troll 2. Their father is Reverend,but wears a Catholic Priest style collar. The Troll 2 son gets taken to the other dimension. The dad and another Priest save him and you think it is over. Then you check the time left and there is still 40 more minutes.
It's 80s,well came out in 1990,Euro Horror. Don't go in expecting much of the plot to make sense. You watch for the insanity and gore. Which this delivers on plenty.
So La Casa 5 is one of this films many alternative titles. Ghosthouse is La Casa 4,and from what I can find La Casa 1,2,3 are Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. I was sure I had read that Night Killer was part of the La Casa series,which is somehow also connected to the TCM franchise.
Turn your brain off and just enjoy the film. This is exactly the stuff a pile of us was looking for in the mid 90s. Something to watch and laugh at and with.
Beyond Darkness gets a C+
