Very Cool!!!

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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!

I watched this growing up in the late 80's, my uncle was a huge horror buff and I watched this one shortly after Exorcist when I was around 12 or 13, its really a mash-up of all the classics (Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby and some Omen) all my favorites, YES its a bit cheesy the dubbed English is hilarious at times especially the kids and their potty mouths. I loved the premise of the film, it had some haunting scores and just something mysterious about it, very nostalgic old school Italian horror, one of my personal faves... if you are willing to sacrifice a bit on the cheesy dialogues and story line, fans of Italian horror and films like Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby will enjoy this one, give it a shot...

A somewhat effective mash-up of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist," Ovidio Assonitis' "Beyond the Door" (1974) yet has little of the class and sophistication of the first or terrifying shocks of the latter. Released a year after "The Exorcist" kicked box-office tuchus (garnering $89 million; the No. 1 highest earner of 1973, if the book "Box Office Hits" it to be trusted), the film suffers from an aura of deja vu, but still has much to offer to the dedicated horror fan. In it, Juliet Mills (daughter of John, older sister of Hayley, but perhaps best known to American viewers as Phoebe Figalilly from the early '70s sitcom "Nanny and the Professor") plays Jessica Barrett, a wife and mother of two. She lives in San Francisco with her husband (a recording engineer played by Gabriele Lavia) and kids; in a further nod to "The Exorcist," one of these kids is an incredibly foul-mouthed little girl, while the son has the strangest habit of drinking cold Campbell's split pea soup from the can with a straw. (I know...ewwww!) Despite being on The Pill, Jessica finds herself miraculously pregnant, with her fetus growing at an alarming rate. She soon starts to evince some very odd behavior, such as eating banana skins off the street, along with violent mood swings and memory lapses. And that's nothing, compared to the inevitable head spinnings, levitations, sludge pukings and gravel-voiced cussing that soon follow. As a mysterious man from her past, Dimitri (Richard Johnson, star of the scariest film of all time, IMHO, 1963's "The Haunting"), tells her husband, Jessica has been taken over by "negative forces" (the "devil" word, strangely enough, is never used in the film)....As I mentioned up top, though occasionally effective, "Beyond the Door"'s ultimate impact is less than it could have been, especially for those viewers who are already familiar with its two antecedents. Still, there are pleasures here to be had. The film opens very strangely, with Old Scratch himself delivering a monologue in voice-over, while hundreds of ritual candles fill the screen; indeed, this might be the most original segment of the entire film! The picture makes good use of its San Francisco and Sausalito locales, while the sound FX are possibly the film's single scariest component. Some other chilling instances: Jessica's initial leering head swivel; Jessica's booming query "Who are you?" (the film's original Italian title, "Chi Sei?," translates as "Who are you?"); and Jessica tossing her husband about the bedroom while simultaneously cackling and dribbling. Unfortunately, the film also contains much that doesn't make a heckuva lot of sense. For example, after two viewings, I'm still not clear as to whether Dimitri was alive or dead, or, if alive, what he was doing for the 10 or so years since his fatal car crash. His ghostly manifestations toward Jessica, those possessed dolls in the kids' bedroom, and that blank-mouthed baby at the film's end all provided further head scratchings. The film is also a good 20 minutes longer than it needs to be; that interminable scene with the street musicians, for example, could certainly have been done away with. And for those viewers who get a little restless with the film, try playing the game of counting how many times some of the characters say "The child must/will be born"; I counted a good eight. One further comment: the current DVD incarnation of "Beyond the Door," from the good folks at Code Red, looks just fantastic, and comes replete with many fine extras, including modern-day interviews with Assonitis, Mills and Johnson. Johnson, now in his mid-80s, looks and sounds terrific, by the way, and his, uh, devil-may-care attitude is a joy to behold....

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...