Satan possesses the baby of a young woman in San Francisco which causes her to act out violently in this early 70's Exorcist ripoff.
We meet Jessica Barrett, her music mogul husband Robert, and their two young children Gail & Ken. As soon as Jessica reveals to Robert that she is pregnant, she gets violently ill and feels like the baby is trying to kill her. Soon agter that, strange things happen to her. She starts hearing what appears to be the devils voice, something inside of her makes her kill her husbands fish, and one night she actually levitates out of bed. Finally, her husband Robert realizes that she is acting out because of the baby inside of her which is possessed. Can he stop the evil without killing Jessica?
Beyond the Door surprised me as to how effective it was as a possession movie. The imagery of this movie is so creepy and unsettling, especially when Jessica first reveals herself to her daughter as being possessed. The acting by Juliet Mills was top notch. I know of her from being the comedic yet evil witch Tabitha from soap opera Passions. She brought that same devilish energy to the performance. I also enjoyed not only the imagery of the possession scenes, but the sunny and happy backdrop which was the San Francisco location shoots throughout.
Overall I would recommend Beyond The Door. It is a fun possession horror film that often gets overlooked as an Exorcist knockoff.
6/10
We meet Jessica Barrett, her music mogul husband Robert, and their two young children Gail & Ken. As soon as Jessica reveals to Robert that she is pregnant, she gets violently ill and feels like the baby is trying to kill her. Soon agter that, strange things happen to her. She starts hearing what appears to be the devils voice, something inside of her makes her kill her husbands fish, and one night she actually levitates out of bed. Finally, her husband Robert realizes that she is acting out because of the baby inside of her which is possessed. Can he stop the evil without killing Jessica?
Beyond the Door surprised me as to how effective it was as a possession movie. The imagery of this movie is so creepy and unsettling, especially when Jessica first reveals herself to her daughter as being possessed. The acting by Juliet Mills was top notch. I know of her from being the comedic yet evil witch Tabitha from soap opera Passions. She brought that same devilish energy to the performance. I also enjoyed not only the imagery of the possession scenes, but the sunny and happy backdrop which was the San Francisco location shoots throughout.
Overall I would recommend Beyond The Door. It is a fun possession horror film that often gets overlooked as an Exorcist knockoff.
6/10