November 2024

Dreadful Demons for From Beyond

This article was originally published in AC, Jan. 1987 The writings of Howard Phillips Lovecraft — those terrifying, half-mad delusions and fever dreams that usually culminate with the dreadful appearance of some multi-tentacled winged demons from “beyond” — have always proved difficult to translate to the screen. Last year, director Stuart Gordon unleashed his cult classic Re-Animator on an unsuspecting public. Now, Gordon has returned to the untapped treasure trove of Lovecraft’s masterworks to create From Beyond. (Both films were photographed by Mac Ahlberg.) From Beyond is an ambitious attempt to capture the monstrosities and shape-shifters of this remarkable writer’s imagination on film. Four separate crews headed by John Naulin,...more