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From Beyond
Why this pick
Stuart Gordon again combines wet, tactile body horror with a claustrophobic family-sized nightmare, escalating from damaged domestic tension into grotesque physical terror.
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MOVIE1995 1h 35m USA
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After inheriting a 12th-century castle which belonged to a famed Duchess, John Reilly and his family, including his wife Susan and their blind teenage daughter Rebecca, travel to Italy to live. Susan blames him for the death of their son in a drunk driving accident which killed his five-year-old son and cost their daughter her eyesight.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jessica Dollarhide
Rebecca Reilly
Luca Zingaretti
Forte
Jonathan Fuller
Giorgio
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon
Gelato Woman
Jeffrey Combs
John Reilly
Barbara Crampton
Susan Reilly