Beyond the Darkness
Buio Omega | Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi) | IT 1979 | 94 Min
| 35mm
Metro
Double Feature with Inferno Rosso
Tickets
Double Feature with Inferno Rosso
Mo,26.09.▸20:30
Double Feature with Inferno Rosso
Unable to cope with the death of his beloved Anna, taxidermist Frank decides to exhume the recently deceased to preserve her body. His plan doesn’t go unnoticed—but everyone who learns Frank’s secret is eliminated by him and his evil housekeeper, Iris. Beyond the Darkness hits us with unbridled excess and is “as sadistic and cynical as can be” (Filmdienst)—there are fingernails, acid baths and, as a culinary highlight of sorts, a goulash. And yet, at its core the movie is a highly morbid, romantic amour fou, scored by Dario Argento’s go-to band Goblin. (Florian Widegger)
Joe D'Amato (Aristide Massaccesi)
is considered one of the most controversial and obscure figures in Italian genre cinema. Born in 1936 as Aristide Massaccesi, he started out as a set electrician and became a sought-after cinematographer. Reluctant to use his real name early on in his directing career, he used countless aliases like Dick Spitfire, Oskar Faradine, or Michael Wotruba. Working in various genres and constantly seeking the aesthetics of the extreme, one of his earlier works is the gothic horror movie Death Smiles on a Murderer. He first used the name Joe D’Amato to make softcore films, directing Laura Gemser in Emanuelle in America, Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (both 1977), and other works. Beyond the Darkness was his first foray into the gore genre, followed by Man Eater. During the 1980s and 1990s, D’Amato directed over 100 hardcore porn movies. He unexpectedly died in 1999. Massaccesi, Aristide see D’Amato, Joe
is considered one of the most controversial and obscure figures in Italian genre cinema. Born in 1936 as Aristide Massaccesi, he started out as a set electrician and became a sought-after cinematographer. Reluctant to use his real name early on in his directing career, he used countless aliases like Dick Spitfire, Oskar Faradine, or Michael Wotruba. Working in various genres and constantly seeking the aesthetics of the extreme, one of his earlier works is the gothic horror movie Death Smiles on a Murderer. He first used the name Joe D’Amato to make softcore films, directing Laura Gemser in Emanuelle in America, Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (both 1977), and other works. Beyond the Darkness was his first foray into the gore genre, followed by Man Eater. During the 1980s and 1990s, D’Amato directed over 100 hardcore porn movies. He unexpectedly died in 1999. Massaccesi, Aristide see D’Amato, Joe
Screenings
Metro
Double Feature with Inferno Rosso
Double Feature with Inferno Rosso
Mo,26.09.▸20:30
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