From Beyond the Grave (1974)

AKA: Tales from the Beyond

Film details

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DirectorKevin Connor
Year1974
CountryUK
TypeMovie
Runtime97m
CastIan Bannen, Ian Carmichael, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors, Margaret Leighton, Donald Pleasence, Nyree Dawn Porter, David Warner, Angela Pleasence, Ian Ogilvy

Review

"The first of this film's strengths is that it takes itself seriously. The stories could easily lend themselves to parody or black comedy, but Connor and his screenwriters never fall for that temptation. With the exception of "The Elemental," which does have one broad, comic character, the stories in this film are presented as straightforward ghost stories. This presentation lends the film a foreboding quality that inculcates a sense of unease that pervades all of the stories. We never get the feeling that the cast or the filmmakers feel that they are above this kind of film, and this adds a sense of believability to the stories." - Eric Miller, Classic-Horror

Ranking history

The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films

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Antti Alanen and Asko Alanen's Musta Peili - horror film filmography1985Unranked—
Arrow in the Head's Jake Dee's Horror Ten Spot - Best Horror Anthologies!2012Ranked#4
BFI's 10 great overlooked British horror films of the 1970s2016Unranked—
British Horror Films' The British Horror Films top 1002006Ranked#30
CriterionForum Lists Project - HorrorRanked#134
Cult Labs' Community Top 100 Horror Films of All Time2014Ranked#321
Den of Geek's Nick Garrard's 10 overlooked British horror curios2011Unranked—
Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME2018Unranked—
Empire's Top 400 Horrors Results2012Ranked#342
Final Girl Shocktoberfest Poll2017Ranked#531
Horrornews.net's Nigel Honeybone's List of Anthology Horror Films2018Unranked—
JarvisCity's 15 Best Horror Movies Of 19742016Ranked#11
Paste's Jim Vorel's A Century of Terror - The 100 Best Horror Movies of the Last 100 Years - Honorable mentions2019Unranked—
Ramsey Campbell's Stevie's Top 100 Horror Movies2013Ranked#53
Taste of Cinema's Ian Watson's 20 Lesser-Known Horror Movies Ideal For Halloween2015Ranked#16
The A.V. Club's Matthew Jackson's The essential horror films of 19742024Unranked—
The FrightFest Guide to Ghost Movies2018Unranked—
The Spooky Isles' Top 50 British Horror Films Of All Time2024Unranked—
Too Scary To Watch's Best 70's Horror Films2011Unranked—
TOP 666 HORROR MOVIES (Freaky Fuckin Friday)2014Ranked#467
VIRUS' Retro Virus: Early Screams2023Unranked—
Wales Arts Review's Gary Raymond and Gray Taylor's 50 Greatest Horror Movies That May Have Passed You By2016Ranked#9