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The Beyond
Why this pick
A decaying old building becomes a gateway to ancient evil in this lavishly atmospheric Italian nightmare, with similarly baroque religious imagery and doom-heavy momentum.
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MOVIE1989 1h 42m ITA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In medieval Germany, a band of Teutonic Knights massacre a village of supposed Witchcraft and bury their bodies underground, building a Gothic Cathedral over the mass grave as a means to contain the demonic evil within.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tomas Arana
Evan
John Richardson
Architect
Michele Soavi
1st Policeman at Lisa's House
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Reverend
Hugh Quarshie
Father Gus
Asia Argento
Lotte