Beyond The Darkness (Buio Omega) (1979) **

Beyond The Darkness (Buio Omega) (1979) is like the one year elder sibling of Maniac (1980) — it's got the blood and guts, the creepy lead, the fresh supply of female victims, but with poor direction (by that endless supplier of smut, Joe D'Amato), poor performances (and not a single redeemable character), no backstory, scenes that plod on and on, and laughably uncomfortable situations. It does have an excellent Goblin score that is far better than the film deserves though.