Product: From Beyond: Vampires [VHS]
Rating: 5.0
A underrated cult horror classic!
I'm glad to say that I finally have a copy of "From Beyond" to call my own! I haven't seen this monstrously grotesque H.P. Lovecraft adaptation in more than ten years; thank goodness Amazon has it in print. Everything about this frighteningly original & campy horror/sci-fi story is absolutely remarkable (even 13 years later). Jeffrey Combs is excellent as the hapless, neurotic physicist Crawford Tillinghast (he ranks right up with Bruce Campbell's Ash from the "Evil Dead" saga). He and his demented colleague, Dr. Edward Proterious (Ted Sorel), have made a scientific breakthrough with their Resonator machine, a device that stimulates the dormant pineal gland in the human brain through resonant magnetic field frequencies. In turn, the subject can "see" outer-dimensional creatures that otherwsie couldn't be observed in the physical world. However, they both become victims of their own creation as they are transformed into hideous, unearthly creatures with a new sixth-sense organ and an acquired taste for human brains! The action, special and mechanical effects (especially after the cop Bubba gets killed by hordes of flesh-eating gnats), and story make this 1986 cult film a triumph for Stuart Gordon's "Re-Animator" crew! Definitely not for the squeamish or faint of heart!!!