Beyond the Door (1975)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

one of my absolute favorites!

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

(Credit IMDb) Juliet Mills plays a young pregnant woman in San Francisco who is going to have the devil's baby during her strange possession. Richard Johnson shows up to help her... but what does he really want?This is a huge Exorcist rip-off! So much that Warner Bros sued! There is flattery and ripping people off! This movie proves to be the latter. Don't expect much entertainment in this movie! It's dull as dishwater with not much going for it. It's filled with laughable dubbing that is amusing for a while, but ultimately winds up becoming tiresome. It's very crude as well. The dad calls his son an idiot! and the kids are major brats. How is it the kids are so intelligent at that age? They speak like they are 15 years old with their impressive vocabulary. The kids curse like a sailor, too. We also get a very confusing storyline that has no real payoff. Dimitri (Richard Johnson) plays Satan's disciple, but I have no clue of the story they were trying to tell with it. There isn't one major suspense scene until 40 minutes in! Jessica's possession is beyond cringe-worthy. If you love pea-soup and gibberish, this will probably be right up your alley. The most laughable scene in the movie has to be when Jessica is puking up blood, and the husband asks if she is OK! The ending is painfully bad & angered me as well. The acting is hard to rate because of the dubbing. Stay far away from this crud. It's not even amusing in a so bad it's good way! It's dull, lame, and thoroughly stupid. 3/10

Amazing, the power of advertising. I had never seen this film, but I definitely recalled the TV spot that creeped me out as an impressionable youngster way back in the day. Apparently I wasn't alone in this; BEYOND THE DOOR fell into that category of movies that most cult aficionados were aware of but had likely never had the chance to watch. Now that I've finally seen it, I can only express my disappointment.Talky, lethargic and needlessly obtuse, this mishmash of ROSEMARY'S BABY and THE EXORCIST squanders every opportunity it affords itself. Juliet Mills plays Jessica Barrett, a San Francisco housewife and mother of two whose comfortable existence is shattered by an unexpected pregnancy — instead of joy she's overcome by strange feelings of dread and unease. She and her music producer husband Robert (a miscast Gabriele Lavia) are alarmed to learn that the fetus is developing at a greatly accelerated rate, precluding an abortion; their family doctor is at a complete loss to explain it. With Jessica exhibiting bizarre behavior to hubby and the kids, a mysterious figure from her past named Dimitri (ZOMBIE's Richard Johnson) appears out of the blue to hover on the periphery, watching and waiting. He only inserts himself into the situation once it becomes clear that some kind of supernatural force is at work — the mother-to-be demonstrates telekinetic powers, speaks in an inhuman voice and vomits up a lot of green bile. In desperation Robert turns to Dimitri for answers, but the stranger only makes demands. There can be no contact with doctors, and the child must be born...Although Mills and Johnson are quite good, taking their roles and the material seriously, I just couldn't bring myself to care about their characters or what happens to them. Most of the supernatural manifestations are effectively staged (notably in a scene depicting the demonic possession of objects in the Barrett children's room), but unfortunately these moments are buried deep within a sluggish, confusing narrative. I was surprised that a '70s Italian rip-off of trend-setting American horror films could actually prove tamer than its inspirations — no peeing on the carpet or masturbating with a crucifix here. Eating a rotten banana peel picked up off the street just doesn't quite compare.

Beyond the Door is more than just merely an Exorcist rip-off! Director Ovidio G. Assonitis built a career on ripping off popular horror films, and so not content with merely ripping off William Friedkin's 1973 classic, Assonitis opted to throw in some Rosemary's Baby and what we end up with is a dual rip off, taking parts and ideas from both superior movies. Luckily this film was made before The Omen otherwise I'm sure parts of that film would have featured too! Anyway, it soon becomes clear what sort of film you're going to be in for as Beyond the Door opens with a narration...by none other than Satan. Ahem. The plot focuses on an average family with two kids. The mother has fallen pregnant again, which is a surprise to her since they hadn't been trying for a baby. Of course it turns out that this is Satan's child and carrying Satan's child apparently has a few unwanted side effects - like making the mother be nasty to everyone she encounters. Later, an ex-lover (whose life was saved by Satan) turns up to make sure she gives birth to Satan's offspring.Despite the fact that its terrible, this actually isn't the worst Exorcist rip off out there (that dubious honour falls to Spanish production 'Exorcismo' from my viewing experience) but this one is right down at the bottom of the barrel. The main problem with the film is clearly the fact that there's far too much going on at all times and since most of it isn't explained, it left me scratching my head often. It could be argued that this isn't a big problem since there's little about this film that makes you really care about any of the characters anyway so it doesn't really matter what's going on...but really that just adds to Beyond the Door's woes. The rip-off train eventually gets into full swing and by then we've got the lead character vomiting and spouting obscenities everywhere with none of the same vigour of the 1973 original. The Exorcist rip-offs genre's 'jewel in the crown' for me is Alberto De Martino's excellent The Antichrist; and this film does nothing to even challenge for that title. Strangely, Mario Bava's 1977 film 'Shock' has 'Beyond the Door 2' as one of it's a.k.a. titles...but surely this couldn't have been a success in its native Italy. Could it?

~Spoiler~Beyond the Door (a.k.a. The Devil Within Her) has been called The Italian Exorcist, and for good reason. For that's exactly what it is...with just a pinch of Rosemary's Baby for good measure. Jessica and Robert Barrett are about to have their third child. But this blessing may be a curse in disguise as Jessica's ex-boyfriend, Dmitri, shows up. Dmitri is played by Richard Johnson, who can be seen in other Italian fare including Zombi 2 and Screamers. Seems his character has made a "bargain with the devil" (as the film's theme song informs us) to extend his life in exchange for a vessel to host the devil. Before you can say "pea-soup", the pregnancy turns Jessica into a possessed woman who levitates and spins her head in a 360 degree manner. It's a blatant rip-off and Warner Brothers wasted no time sending their army of lawyers in. That didn't stop the film from becoming a moderate success, although I can't figure out why. The best feature of the film has got to be the dubbing of the children. It's painfully obvious someone much older is dubbing these kids and the things they get to say are mindblowingly funny. Other than that, I'm sad to report that the film is largely boring. I've been looking forward to seeing this one for many years (as I do with most of Code Red's DVD releases) and it was not worth the wait. But what did I really expect from Ovidio G. Assonitis, director of Piranha II: The Spawning? Not much happens in the film and the only memorable bits can be seen in The Exorcist. Also, the way the film is edited it repeats many scenes in brief flashes that seem to serve no purpose. I really can't recommend this to anyone but hardcore Italian buffs. However, if you make it to the end, if you can bear it, you will be privy to one of the best head-scratching moments of Italian cinema. I don't want to spoil anything, but it certainly had me laughing hysterically. Beyond the Door was followed by two sequels, neither of which have anything to do with this film nor each other.