60
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Re-Animator is a hard act to follow, but Gordon only falls a notch short here, creating some genuinely gruesome thrills as well as an unsettling current of sexual hysteria.
- 75Slant MagazineJeremiah KippSlant MagazineJeremiah KippThe functional plot and Gordon’s non-flashy directorial style aren’t what make From Beyond such a memorable cult item; as with Re-Animator, it’s more the audacity of staging elaborate sequences that mix up steamy sexual proclivities and monster madness.
- Although perhaps not as mind-blowing in its uniqueness as RE-ANIMATOR, this is definitely one of the best horror films of the 1980s.
- 75Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrIn its brash, enthusiastic tackiness, From Beyond is a show that would do any carnival proud. [27 Oct 1986, p.5C]
- 75Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelWe could do without the film's leather sex scenes, but otherwise From Beyond is a decent enough low- budget horror film that delivers what audiences have every reason to expect--a funny, horrific grossout. [24 Oct 1986, p.A]
- 70NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenGordon's back at it in From Beyond, which puts the audience in the same pickle: do I laugh or do I scream? Both. [17 Nov 1986, p.89]
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie is the latest horror show from Stuart Gordon, whose Re-Animator was one of the great trash pictures of 1985. From Beyond doesn't quite measure up - it's not trashy enough and it doesn't have the insane tunnel vision of the first movie - but in its own way, this is quite a job.
- 50The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyThe symbolism here is dream-book basic.
- 37Chicago ReaderPat GrahamChicago ReaderPat GrahamGordon still hasn't mastered the simplest filmmaking techniques. The gross-out sliminess and sexual acting out are supposed to provide a purgative release, but all Gordon does is gawk at the excess for what seems like forever: his voyeurism is too unpleasant for casual entertainment, too mild to constitute a pornographic vision.
- 30Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittHumans, it seems, weren't meant to tamper with some things. This picture makes you wonder if cinema is one of them. [14 Nov 1986, p.27]