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Do Bad Movies Still Have Subtext? Beyond Darkness (1990)

22 Thursday Oct 2026

Posted by Tell Me A Movie in 90s horror

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I found myself watching the entirety of this Italian faux Evil Dead sequel to see if I could find some worth in it. After all, it has stuck around on our screens for over 35 years! It was a challenge, more in the watching than in the analyzing.

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