Please don't spend money on this.

Fantastic!

Disturbing yet enthralling

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

I don't know what the hell is in people's heads giving this such a low rating. I am a horror movie fanatic, and I remember seeing the trailer for this movie as an 8 or 9 year old kid in the movie theater. I can still remember seeing the lead character vertically floating away from her bed and the subsequent nightmares I had because of that one scene. I did not see the movie itself until 2012, and it scared me as a 47 year old grown ass man! Here's why: if you know and love horror like I do (46 years and counting), everything does not have to be bells and whistles and what will appeal to the masses, such as in The Exorcist. Silence is golden in some instances, and there are plenty of moments in this underrated gem in which said silence speaks volumes. That silence, with seemingly nothing going on, gives the viewer the opportunity to THINK; to think about what has transpired (or about to transpire) and let the horror of that moment sink in. The background sound effects (and at times lack thereof) was truly horrific. One does not need to SEE anything at these particular moments because these moments were intentionally DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU FEEL AND ABSORB THE HORROR OF THE MOMENT. Consider this if you will-what's worse, seeing something happen in a flash and having an immediate reaction. or thinking, unhurriedly, about what has happened, what is about to happen, and WHY IT IS HAPPENING. To me, that is a far more horrific endeavor. The further we get away from the 70's the more spoiled people have become to seeing reactionary, formulaic horror movies that don't even give you chance to catch your breath for all the action and filler. Sure, they have a setting and a premise (some of them), but most don't have that atmosphere (and superb acting, for that matter) that they did in those days. Back then, these movies were a form of art with serious actors WANTING TO DO THE BEST JOB THEY COULD BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT; THEY TOOK THEIR CRAFT (acting) SERIOUSLY. Today is representative of a bunch of spoiled, self-righteous "actors" who could care less about the craft of fine acting, for the most part. Why do you think the U.S. has done so many remakes of Asian horror movies? Because Asian horror movies have an abundance of what American-made horror movies lack and take for granted...ATMOSPHERE!

Finally, after years of searching, I found a copy of the long lost gem, Beyond the Door. Even better, I found the longer, director's cut released under the title The Devil Within Her, which has everything from the original chopped up version that I first saw when I was eight years old, but it made a bit more sense with all the additional footage--I'm pretty sure the version I saw forty years ago as a kid didn't have a woman floating in mid-air begging someone to rip the fetus out of her vagina! Wow. No, this is NOT an Exorcist ripoff any more than Friday the 13th is a Halloween ripoff. It's just a movie about satanic possession. What do you want a movie about satanic possession to look like, Lassie? Of course it's going to look like The Exorcist. And with all the lame Exorcist ripoffs being produced today, you should be glad to see something original from the day and something NOT politically correct. Beyond the Door was one of my absolute favorite movies growing up. It scared that bejesus out me and today, when I finally got a chance to watch it again, of course it didn't scare me as much as it did when I was a child, but I still found it scary as all hell and an absolute blast to watch. And it's funny. It's camp. Unintentionally camp, which is important. If you are a movie buff do yourself a favor and give this one a screening before Quentin Tarantino makes an absolute joke out of it or something. Beyond the Door is the ULTIMATE low budget schlocker.

Jessica Barrett (Juliet Mills) is happily married to Robert (Gabriele Lavia) and has two "lovable" kids. All of the sudden she realizes she's pregnant--but has been always taking her birth control pills. The baby grows quickly and she starts acting strangely. Then her former boyfriend devil worshipper Dimitri (Richard Johnson) shows up. Could he have something to do with it?This was a HUGE hit in 1974 but I can't see why. It has its moments but the story makes little sense, there are countless sequences of people walking around San Francisco and there's a little girl who has a mouth on her that would make a construction worker blush! To make matters worse everyone is badly dubbed (with the exception of Mills and Johnson)! Also the music score is terrible. It sounds like bad jazz and destroys any mood the movie might have had. On the plus side Mills is VERY good in her role; there is a neat scene where the kids bedroom is attacked; the makeup and special effects are pretty good; there are some truly scary sequences which use just sound effects and there is some impressive directorial touches. So it HAS its moments but ultimately it's too boring and slow-moving to really work. This is based on the Code Red DVD which has a pristine transfer and a full uncut version. Amateur night in hell.

i have seen this movie back in the exorcist year...never figure out this movie then because it was all chopped up..saw it 5 time too..but all of you guys who saw it back in the 70's.get the code red version,uncut,unrated and more details about Dimitri encounter with Jessica and the devil.it's like let's make a deal with Satan and get jag in return.a Rosemary's baby vs The Exorcist.it's also resorted.don't get the VHS version also.back than i gave it 4 stars.but code red version save the story and received a 7 stars.there is a scene that was cut that explain more about Dimitri's mystery approach toward Jessica.now the repeated words,the child must be born was driving me crazy.the final scene will leave you questing.i also found the cans of green peas as a tribute to the devil films.yes,it's a ripoff of The Exoricst and i believe they paid warner bother 90 millions as Julietta mills quote on the extra features...