loomis78-815-989034 Joe Slaader (Sanderson) is a bizarre mountain man who happens to have his unborn dead twin grown into his back making him deformed and mad. After killing his family (Shown in flash cutting which is poorly executed and not watchable) Joe is brought to a asylum where young intern Edward (Yount) is anxious to experiment using his own secret methods. The twisted deformed man comes from a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, nothing else here is even close to being worth of having Lovecraft's name on it. This terrible movie is shot in black and white and at times goes to color. Why? Who knows? The acting is mostly embarrassing and all though there is bright red splashy blood and gore on hand; it is cheap and not effective. The annoying editing and clumsy style of the film makers make this a real chore to sit through. Dreadful, and not in a good way.

Clayton07 I love the works of Lovecraft and really enjoy it when directors adapt his stories for movies. Gordon, Yuzna, and O'Bannon, have made some fine films based on his writings, they were not always 100% faithful, but that is to be expected. Their films had gore, good acting, and humor. Beyond the Wall of Sleep, had none of this. I could not tell if it was faithful to Lovecraft's story for the quick cuts, lighting, and odd sound recording made it really difficult to watch. Now I appreciate what the director was trying to do, show the insanity as Lovecraft intends, but it made it truly unenjoyable which is sad for I was looking forward to it.

grandfunkfan I have my own stereotypical ideas of how insane people might act. I also have my own ideas of how people who are possessed by demons or other beings might act. The acting by most of the main characters in Beyond The Wall Of Sleep does not fit in any category of acting except Bad Acting. Many of the lines are delivered as if being read for the first time with the actors following parenthetical guidelines and sideline instructions from their coach or stage mother. The actors portraying insane characters could pretty much get away with anything, but the so-called sane characters are not in the least believable. Sanderson is okay in his muttering portrayal of an inbred degenerate, but by far most of the other actors were simply horrible, over-emoting and stretching their facial expressions to comedic proportions. Horrible acting does not make a good horror show. Yount, as Edward Eischel, is perhaps the ultimate BAD actor. I noticed when I clicked on Yount's name that, at the time of this writing, there were no other filmography credits for Yount. Hopefully there never will be.I would not recommend this movie to anyone as an example of what H. P. Lovecraft's writing can conjure in a fertile mind. For me, one of the biggest failings in all the Lovecraft inspired movies I have seen is the portrayal of the creatures. Usually the creatures are poorly made-up, poorly animated, and just overall not living up to the feelings of terror inspired by Lovecraft's writing. Beyond The Wall Of Sleep has believable horrific creatures, but the portrayal of humans is not to be believed.

Randolf Carter Well, to be honest, it ended cool and very Lovecraftian, but dear god, what was the deal with that camera work?!?!?! If you ever eat some bad meat and need to "get rid of it" just watch this movie and use it for video ipecac. Some guy thought he was being really neat-o with the jiggly-wiggly tricks, but just managed making the movie so hard to follow that, if I wouldn't have been to hung over to get and and put in a good movie...well...I would have done just that.That was some of the worst acting I've ever seen, and the only thing (to quote the cover) "truly disturbing" was the wig the main actor wore.