There’s something off about The Beyond.

Scenes don’t connect the way you expect, and the whole thing has this empty feeling that sticks with you after it’s over.

In this video, I break down why that happens and what Lucio Fulci was doing with it.

Part of the Gates of Hell trilogy, along with City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery, this movie works differently from most horror.

If it left you feeling weird and you couldn’t explain why, this is what I think is going on.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:16 The Film Feels Empty
02:57 Things Fall Apart
06:04 The Breach and Collapse
06:52 Complete Collapse
09:41 The Grey Horizon

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Most kung fu movies build their heroes through easy wins. The Prodigal Son tears that idea apart.

In this video, I break down how Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao built a martial arts film around humiliation, deception, and the danger of never learning from your losses. Leung Chang’s reputation is fake. Ngai Fei’s is protected. Only one of them is forced to confront the truth.

In retrospect, I wish I went more into Wing Chun with this one. A big part of the subtext of the movie, but I was so captured by the antagonist and protagonist both living a lie. Had to attack it from that angle.

If you love Hong Kong cinema, martial arts films, or character-driven kung fu analysis, this one changes how you see The Prodigal Son.

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0:00 – Intro
0:45 – The Wins that Don’t Count
1:48 – The Fight that Goes Wrong
3:37 – The Fighter No One Bribes
4:24 – Learning What He Never Learned
5:40 -They Don’t Lose, They Disappear.
6:55 – One is Corrected, One Isn’t.
8:00 – The Fight that Finally Counts

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