Siskel & Ebert - From Beyond

Siskel & Ebert - From Beyond

[@SpongeyTheEditor]

"What can be unnecessary about kinky sex?'-Ebert 1986

[@ECG3485]

🤣🤣🤣💀

[@tankhalffull]

From Beyond is a true classic.., low budget, great story... hot leading lady.. what more could you ask for...

[@moviestim]

RIP Stuart Gordon. He made really fun and unique movies. Love watching these two talk about him!

[@wangson]

Agreed completely...spot on, man!

[@superfisher4379]

There needs to be a movie review show like this again.

[@jainee4507]

It always warms my heart to see siskel take a liking to this kind of picture

[@igouge]

I love how either the compression or the VHSiness makes them both look covered in blood.

[@Muonium1]

Coincidentally it's actually called "bleeding artifacts", "datamoshing" when deliberate, or simply "glitch". The artifacts plagued videos using early DivX and XviD compression algorithms of the 2000s when everything was compressed very hard to transfer over usually still pretty slow internet connections. I remember it well from individually downloaded videos of the era.

[@Myndir]

I love Gene's smile at the end when he realises he's won this one.

[@negrochifladorivera1008]

man I used to love watching this show as a kid. watching them sometimes just go at it for certain movies was awesome...siskel n ebert are legends. Two Thumbs Up !!!!

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

I just finished watched this movie on Amazon prime and holy crap this movie was bonkers.

[@thischannelisnolongeractive.]

1:02 i have been watching this video for literally 11 years and this glitch never fails to make me laugh

[@BBnanner]

It's weird to watch because you'd think they would thoroughly trash this movie but they don't

[@joetamburello6292]

I think they both like Re-Animator too

[@lizardking02793]

@@joetamburello6292 They recogized effort for storytelling i think. Compare these films to lesser horror movies that are very formula-based, lousy acted and cheaply made. and you see there is a lot to enjoy and I think they recognized that

[@NoLanConnection]

They trashed formulaic slasher movies, but liked a lot of well made horror films.

[@samsquanch1996]

Stuart Gordon was a quality filmmaker.

[@ellogovna5659]

This is probably the most shocking review I've ever seen from these 2.

[@davidpearce6955]

Yeah they actually said something nice about a film i love.

[@wangson]

I absolutely LOVE both films! From Beyond and Reanimator were such fun to watch (censored for TV only - thanks to my Catholic mom and dad!) every Halloween here in Windsor Ontario. We used to have "Shocktoberfest" on TV in Detroit during the mid-1980's and thanks to being in Canada, across the river from Detroit, my brother and I used to look so forward to seeing these great, classic horror films on TV - which were the only ways he and I were allowed to watch them when we were younger....

[@SamJohnsonAZ]

I love genes smile at the very end. I miss these guys so much

[@bibowski]

These two guys shitting on Aliens is absolutely hilarious. One of the (if not THE) best action scifi flicks ever made.

[@justincastillogayray]

I remember seeing From Beyond on VHS with my dad and stepmom. The flashlight dust turning into insects was scary as was the unforgettable final shot. For years, I got this film mixed up with Evil Dead until I saw that classic. #ThanksForChannelSurfing

[@Ghosthead83]

Great creepy movie from Stuart Gordon. I love Jeffery Combs as much as ever!

[@Mogget01]

Our first, and perhaps last Lovecraftian actor.

[@PorkFrog]

brilliant movie...and they missed the point of the 'kinky sex'--it's that obsession with pushing the boundaries of sensation that drove Praetorius to risk it all to 'feel more'. Which is why the whips and chains stuff was added. Also why the repressed woman started wanting to get kinky and turned the machine on even after it she knew it was bad news, the way drug experimenters know meth and coke are dangerous, but do it anyway---that stuff was in there for a reason a truly brilliant little monster movie and one of my favs

[@Maniac1607]

Well-said.

[@christopherkinsella3912]

It’s also a thirst for power. Reanimator touched on the same theme of lust for control with Dr Hill.

[@StopFear]

Are we sure we know which of the two kinky sex scenes Siskel and Ebert are referring to. There is the one where Dr.Praetorius tears off her dress and does the thing with his elongated hand, and then there is a separate scene when she puts in the bdsm outfit she found in the room. It’s not clear from the video which one they mean. I think the first one, where the monster tries to “kiss her” with its hand down is a good and necessary scene. Maybe the bdsm scene was the one they meant as the less necessary. I liked it but since it was not well developed I thought perhaps it was only added to show the viewers more of her body.

[@StopFear]

Well, the part about the drug you mentioned was directly touched on by the policeman who cooked them dinner when he said “I saw this junkie behavior behold in the streets” or something. We don’t actually know that the doctor chick was repressed. IMO it’s entirely wrong. She became like that after the monster tried to eat her. He was the masochist who couldn’t get it up. It was just what was awakened with her from being exposed to the mind of Praetorius (he is merged with some other evil thing) , while the character of Jeffrey Combs had his own gland pop out and take him over making him sick the brains out. When she bit it off doing him a favor he snapped back into reality. That’s why when the assistant’s mind gets absorbed they have a contest of wills like in the other movie, Scanners. So the chick doctor only got a part of Praetorius mind from the initial exposure. Maybe that’s why it was emphasized she started to gradually laugh like he did.

[@lgriffin904]

To me it's like if Crowley's O.T.O./Thelema got a hold of Tesla technology - ala Nyarlathotep - And Kundalini Tantric rituals were added to the mix. But Doc was focused on S&M.

[@moonweenight3903]

Great points all around, thank you guys and great review. Hope to see you two review some new films soon.

[@joshuaadams3255]

When he said, he loved re-animator I was like “oh my God!!! That’s awesome!!”

[@r.dbergman4034]

Wow..thumbs up frome Gene!? I didn't see that coming..and Rog has nice things to say about StuartGorden, and his film Re-Animator!? I'm speechless.. These guys ain't so bad after all..

[@abonny]

Always makes me sad to hear Ebert say Gordon might have a big future ahead of him for genre films like this... because they did NOT continue doing these crazy adaptations of Lovecraft stories. Re-Animator, From Beyond, and I think one more many years later (can't remember the name. It was about fishmonster in a small town... but I haven't seen it yet) were the only ones he did. I would have LOVED to see more. Maybe even with the same cast members returning over and over. Combs and Crampton mainly. Would have loved to see In The Mountains Of Madness by Stuart Gordon. Can you imagine?

[@alsharpe]

You need to see Castle Freak. Stuart Gordon directed it and it stars Combs and Crampton. Great fun, and pretty creepy and was influenced by Lovecraft's The Outsider

[@likewise4gaming]

I saw this movie when it first came out on VHS. Right around the time I saw David Cronenberg’s The Fly at the theater. Stuart Gordon had body horror in From Beyond that even David Cronenberg himself would appreciate. Classic.

[@Maniac1607]

I love the end of the clip.

[@robertshort5935]

Is it me or is that the back half of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" playing at 1:13?

[@XI_Daisy_XI]

I hear it too!

[@wam44]

No -You are right-definitely some Pink Floyd there...

[@lauratanner8475]

Yes it was!

[@Harkness78]

Man I usually give Siskel more credit, but how anyone could like that piece of schlock crap more tha n Aliens, a true classic.....

[@mjgarrett9885ify]

The thing about this movie is it has truth in it . Thunder energies new len shows the invisible entities in this world .

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

1:13 Am I hallucinating, or is there Pink Floyd music added in the background there for a second? I also think I'm hallucinating, seeing Siskel like such a gross, violent movie.

[@brandonhendrix7223]

Kaye Faye so it's been 3 years, but yes indeed that's a bit o' Shine On You Crazy Diamond (part II, I think) playing during that scene. Why? I have no idea as it's not in the actual film.

[@BrianKishreviews]

You're on the "Money." I feel like quite a lot of movies have Pink Floyd as temp tracks, even to this day, so maybe that's the clip that was available at the time.

[@kayeplaguedoc9054]

@@BrianKishreviews That's awesome.

[@tenenbaummark]

I immediately had to check the comments after I heard pink floyd haha

[@buckb6976]

I'm shocked... I honestly thought Ebert, who liked a lot of underdog SciFi, might like this one while Siskel would be on the fence... But they flipped. Either way, their comments seem still applicable today. I love these guys. They were brilliant.

[@ECG3485]

When both Gene and Roger said "kinky sex" I had to laugh so hard 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikebloodofodin799]

wow they finally liked a movie a loved. Wow, well at least one gave them a thumbs up. and they didn't completely dog it.

[@davidpearce6955]

I know Right. I thought the same thing I expected them to hate it but shockingly they didnt.

[@rufustherat1794]

I didn’t think this would be their kind of movie

[@klfrostmediallc334]

I just saw this! I get what they’re saying! It’s great!

[@mightisright]

The concept of this film is great. I love the first scene where they turn on the resonator and see what was once invisible come to life. Comparing it to Re-Animator, it is smaller in scope (sets, characters) so it seems a bit cheap and claustrophobic. But the practical effects are more impressive than Herbert West's adventure.

[@stryf3901]

I liked this movie because how many times has this made you think, “What if there is an eel looking monster floating around me?, and I can’t see it!”😬

[@Snailbarf]

start watching at 2:15.....Siskel is getting Scannered.

[@ertznay]

I agree with Gene, this movie is better than Aliens.

[@telepathy90]

Great review and great movie. Very unpredictable to

[@rajroopra1291]

It a fantastic film steward Gordon and hp lovecraft ten out of ten brilliant

[@davidpearce6955]

Thank you Thank you Thank you soo much for not talking shit about this film. Every video I watch i expect them to say bad stuff about movies i grew up loving to watch because they have about alot of them but it's Awsome that this isn't one of them cuz i love From Beyond and H.P LoveCraft so much. And of course its gonna have grosse stuff in it it's a Horror movie the grosse stuffs the best part.

[@Cyke101]

I love Aliens to death, but somehow I love that Siskel likes this movie more than Aliens.

[@matthewjury4385]

I can’t believe he’s praising this over aliens

[@buddinganarchist]

Love Stuart Gordon. Crampton loves getting naked. Good for her.

[@boomvipers7253]

My mother told me if you are on TV you must be way kewl.

[@blindthrall]

Never knew these two were Lovecraft nerds. Shine On You Crazy Diamond isn't caught in the crossfire, of childhood and stardom, rode on a steel breeze.

[@lauratanner8475]

This clip has everything, Lovecraft, Floyd, Gene Siskel turning into a zombie....

[@lgriffin904]

Here's to "The One Glitch"🔥 🔥 🔥 I Stay on that scene. And yes I like the movie-and original story - better than ReAnimator.

[@gspendlove]

I didn't have as much fun with _From Beyond_ as I did with _Re-Animator_ (or even _Bride of_), but I did like it. It's a damn shame Gordon & Co. didn't get to make the version of _Innsmouth_ they wanted to, because that would've been great. (Yes, yes, I know about _Dagon_. Didn't like it.)

[@CulainRuledByVenus]

At 1:13 you can hear a few seconds of Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond. I wonder why that's in the audio...

[@robjabbaz]

siskel must have just gotten his first blumpkin earlier that day

[@brandonhendrix7223]

It's funny, many on here seem to be shocked about ol' S & E giving From Beyond praise but ya gotta remember Siskle, Ebert and Gordon were all from Chicago. Not to mention, Gordon was a bit of a Chicago semi-legend via him running the Organic Theatre. I'm not accusing them of favoritism, but let's just say if From Beyond was directed by a unknown California director, they might not be so generous. For the record: I love From Beyond and Re-Animator is in my top 3 horror films ever. And Gordon is one of the most original/imaginative directors to come out of the 80s horror boom (second only to Cronenberg). But I definitely feel there's a "our guy" bias to this review. Nothing wrong with that, it's just that S&E notoriously disliked and, frankly, misunderstood horror films (witness their hysterical--in every sense of the word--review of The Hitcher, where they bash the film for doing it's job and being effective), despite once in a blue moon getting it right, as with this, Halloween, and a (very) few others.

[@only257]

saw this film on scifi channel back in 2000 the movie was a lot of fun to watch in my opinon

[@brianisarealboy]

Gene Siskel out here comparing From Beyond to Aliens 😂

[@LordoftheSerpents]

Well you are talking about the same guy that compared Carnosaur to Jurassic Park.

[@BackyardPix]

Both are great films.

[@CrownedPeaches]

ITS RUNNIN ITSEEEEEEEEEEEELFFF!!!!

[@AengusFallon]

I love Jeffrey Combs. I'll have to try and find this film.

[@treystephens6166]

It’s on Tubi in 2023.

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

It's on Amazon prime video in 2024

[@MikeKiker]

@Frameous I just saw this video, and yes I noticed, and man is that perfect music for that particular scene.

[@MicDeluxx]

Sometimes, I feel like the Stuart Gordon of Underground Hip-Hop. -MIC DELUXX

[@sammykewlguy]

What Gene wanted was another thumb up!

[@coolskater187]

Ebert is right. Reanimator is better , but i think this movie is good enough because it goes through a no holds barred barrage of over the top scenes that make it fun!

[@PaceFilmsProductions]

after seeing this and carnivore reviews Siskel really seems to like these so bad it's good kind of films.

[@latifahgordeeva6198]

It's pretty true to the story

[@Tyger20]

Siskel didn't like Aliens because it was unrelenting... That was the point! I'll never understand people that complain about horror movies that don't have a funny side to them.

[@deliman]

my thoughts exactly!

[@frankenstein1351]

"Humans are such easy prey."

[@PetersPianoShoppe]

This was when I realized Gene Siskel was cool.

[@AengusFallon]

@silvercruz1980 I couldn't agree more.

[@KennyThaKilla]

Great flick. Right up there with Re-Animator. Better than Aliens? No fuckin' way.

[@Cornelius-Slate]

it came out the same year I think

[@FrankHoboMaster]

@gibbi8 He's only comparing the monsters themselves and not the both as a whole.

[@doowoppingchainsawer]

Forget From Beyond. Check out The Beyond, aka 7 Doors of Death.

[@amjiva]

I actually prefer From Beyond, as I find Re-Animator to be a tad overrated. However, I will say that neither film is a brilliant, untouchable work. It'd be great to see a prolific modern director take a stab at a re-imagining of From Beyond.

[@ellogovna5659]

I have difficulty sitting all the way through Re-Annimator every time I try. Never understood the accolades that are heaped on that film. From Beyond is just so much fun--one of my favorite low bugeters from the 80's.

[@shaka7448]

I can understand why many would like to see a remake but I wouldn't want that bu that's just my own humble opinion. Too much CG today instead of looking at f/x art that was innovative for the time

[@Clay3613]

I hate From Beyond, big pile of nothing and everyone dies.

[@Myndir]

@ertznay Agreed. Aliens is a great movie, but From Beyond is brilliantly disturbing...

[@ZarahLean]

is the title about Ebert?

[@Nummymuffincocobutter]

Believe she's in the new issue of FANGORIA....

[@christopherdavis8248]

wow. rare alternate footage ive never seen.

[@BeansofBringles]

@Frameous I JUST NOTICED THAT TOO

[@Frameous]

WTF?! I love this movie an all...but are you telling me NO ONE ELSE hears the second half of Shine On You Crazy Diamond around the 1:15 mark??!!

[@AdamCampettiVideo]

A mainstream movie review show reviewing a B Cult Horror back then, this was some weird sh(( for that time. Pretty cool.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

There was more too it than showing off Barbara Crampton. The idea is that Crampton despite seeing the horrors of the machine twice over has grown addicted to it. That's the surface of it, however, it's also changing her in other ways. She put those on, because she wanted to imagine what it was like to be one of the women that Pretorius committed bondage with. On top of being just as obsessed and perverted as Pretorious himself. The only thing keeping her from going too far was seeing how horrible he is.

[@AlecTheMovieGuy]

@KennyThaKilla You do realize when it comes to opinion there is no right or wrong? If Siskel thought it was better than Aliens than for him it is better than Aliens. We aren't dealing in facts here, but opinions. Aliens is now generally regarded to be a classic, but that still doesn't make it a fact that it is a masterpiece. And check your hearing Ebert didn't say From Beyond stunk all the way around. He kind of liked it, just not enough to recommend it.

[@lauratanner8475]

Is this where tim and Eric got their inspiration?

[@chesspunk489]

No, they ripped off Tom Green with the weird humor. Except they aren't funny at all.

[@theresarockwell8019]

George got got

[@robsutton3092]

It’s interesting that apparently neither Siskel or Ebert liked Aliens.

[@Maniac1607]

Ebert gave it 3 1/2 out of 4 stars. He was just put off by how scary it was.

[@robsutton3092]

@@Maniac1607 Oh, I guess I missed that. It’s one of my all time favorites.

[@k1productions87]

So weird seeing Jeffrey Combs without Star Trek alien makeup on, lol

[@alejandrovillalba3143]

I know who Jeffrey Combs is, but what is Star Trek?

[@lexxandera]

Siskel seems to have liked the obscure and low budget underground (Parents, Henry, From Beyond). Ebert was more into the mainstream.

[@shaka7448]

It was actually the other way around as Gene alludes to at the beginning. Roger worked with his friend Russ Meyer on his BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS certified shaka classic #cheese . I want to see the documentary about him where his friends at a bar called him the freak of the bunch. The only critic I usually read is Joe Bob Briggs aka John Bloom. I used to watch the original Siskel and Ebert show SNEAK PREVIEWS on PBS

[@jerrycampbell5010]

"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" and "The Last House on the Left" were rated highly by Ebert. He gave "Dawn of the Dead" a perfect four stars. "Re-Animator" and "Evil Dead 2" received positive reviews. Those are just some examples off the top of my head. Ebert hated formulaic slasher movies. He did not hate horror.

[@ryanbates362]

Sometimes it feels like they're not allowed to give any movie that's too non-mainstream 2 thumbs up.. kinda sucks

[@petemoss8522]

That white-haired guy looks like Dennis DeYoung, from "Styx."

[@moduscorp]

The pixelation on this video gets so bad that it looks like they are starting to decompose right before yours eyes. Watch Siskel from 2:05 on, it looks like wounds and bruises start developing on his face. Creeped me out for a second!

[@jeremyross9698]

The effect is heightened by the fact that it happens right as he's talking about the machine letting you see into other realms and whatnot. Eerie timing!

[@Dustooned]

VHS Diseased Siskel & Ebert

[@Dottiecurran]

Ebert is certainly beyond...human

[@DannyCosmos]

rare siskel w...

[@ganglabesh]

SISKEL LIKED FROM BEYOND BETTER THAN ALIENS lol

[@Dottiecurran]

Ebert and her fans are "from beyond"

[@TheDeeFormed]

I agree. Ebert is from BEYOND all right. Only his fanboys are worse!

[@stevelud23]

this is an amusing movie, but comparing it to "aliens"... no. that movie is in the realm of great, great thrillers.

[@yonil1691]

Aliens is one of my favorite horror films, definitely my favorite horror/sci fi. Others night say I am crazy because it's not really horror - more scifi/action. Because people have different opinions. Siskel said he liked this film because it "tickled" him funny and did not gross him out. He obviously is not a fan of horror..so to him this was better viewing experience than watching aliens. I of course don't agree with that, but I see where he is coming from.

[@KennyThaKilla]

@SuperCruiser72 No, you're dead wrong. *sticks out tongue and says neener-neener*

[@6Stevo]

Better than Aliens!?! 🤣

[@ReverendBenzo]

Stuart Gordon's OTHER good movie.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

ill never understand why the rotten tomatoe rating for this is so low

[@chesspunk489]

It has a rating of 78%.

[@bloboshitful]

Roger Eshit is certainly BEYOND

[@420Slaterson]

Why're they talking about Aliens?

[@jeremyross9698]

I think it came out the same year.

[@tbrasc0]

Better than Aliens... erm, no.