Cast and characters:
Catriona MacColl … Liza Merril (as Katherine MacColl) – Horsehead; City of the Living Dead
David Warbeck … Doctor John McCabe – RatMan; Panic; The Black Cat; Craze; Twins of Evil; Trog
Cinzia Monreale … Emily (as Sarah Keller)
Antoine Saint-John … Schweick
Veronica Lazar … Martha
Larry Ray … Larry (as Anthony Flees)
Al Cliver … Doctor Harris
Michele Mirabella … Martin Avery
Giampaolo Saccarola … Arthur
Maria Pia Marsala … Jill
Laura De Marchi … Mary-Ann
Calogero Azzaretto … Zombie at Hospital
Ottaviano Dell’Acqua … Zombie at Hospital
Roberto Dell’Acqua … Glass-Smashing Zombie
Lucio Fulci … Town Clerk
Gilberto Galimberti … Zombie
Tonino Pulci … Joe the Plumber
Dardano Sacchetti … Mob Member
Amedeo Salamon … Zombie at hospital
Sergio Salvati … Mob Member
Cinematographer … Sergio Salvati
Editor … Vincenzo Tomassi
Music … Fabio Frizzi
Filming locations:
Filmed on location in and around New Orleans, as well as the outlying cities of Metairie, Monroe, and Madisonville, in late 1980, additional photography took place at De Paolis Studios in Rome.
Technical credits:
1 hour 27 minutes
Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1
Release:
The Beyond was given a North American theatrical release in late 1983 by Aquarius Releasing, who released it as 7 Doors of Death; this version featured an entirely different musical score and ran several minutes shorter.
Film fact:
Bob Murawski of Grindhouse Releasing – who restored the film in 1998 – is a film editor and used a shot from The Beyond in the spider-bite dream sequence in Spider-Man (2002).
