From Beyond (1997 short)

Still from "From Beyond (1997 short)" by Ken Avenoso & Andrew Migliore..

Summary

A faithful adaptation of Lovecraft's "From Beyond (fiction)", in which a mad scientist inflicts the strange effects of his invention upon his detractor, revealing the loathsome, hidden extra-dimensional life that teems unsuspected in the spaces between matter all around us....

Details

• Release Date: 1997
• Country/Language: USA, English
• Genres/Technical: Science Fiction, Horror, short, black-and-white
• Runtime: 11 min
• Starring: Greg Skelton, Jefferson Maxwell, and Solomon Grundy
• Director: Ken Avenoso & Andrew Migliore
• Writer: H.P. Lovecraft (original story)
• Producer/Production Co: Beyond Books

Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: (none) (PG for brief violence)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• SSS__ (Three Tentacles: Lovecraftian)

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

Reviews

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Synopsis

A faithful adaptation of Lovecraft's "From Beyond (fiction)", in which a mad scientist inflicts the strange effects of his invention upon his detractor, revealing the loathsome, hidden extra-dimensional life that teems unsuspected in the spaces between matter all around us....

Notes

Comments, Trivia, Dedication

• I believe this might be one of the earlier Lovecraft adaptations to be filmed in Black-and-white, and use weird, lurid colours to represent the effects of weird rays....

Associated Mythos Elements

• fiction: "From Beyond (fiction)"