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Beyond the Black Rainbow

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A heavily sedated woman (Eva Allan) with ESP tries to escape from the secluded commune where she's been held captive.
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Inkoo Kang Boxoffice Magazine 06/29/2012
2/5
'Beyond' would be more interesting with limitations. Go to Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 06/08/2012
2.5/5
Comprehensibility does not appear to be one of this writer/director's goals, but if someone is able to help Cosmatos marshal his raw visual talent, I'll be first in line to see his second film. Go to Full Review Mark Feeney Boston Globe 06/07/2012
1.5/4
"Beyond the Black Rainbow" has a doomy, dreamy, druggy, draggy feel that's impressively sustained - until it becomes oppressive, then pointless, then laughable. Go to Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh 09/24/2023
3/5
The razor-thin narrative feels mainly like a delivery system for psychedelic visuals and an enchanting musical score, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Go to Full Review Taylor Baker Drink in the Movies 08/28/2021
90/100
Episode 9: Phantasmagoria Go to Full Review Isaac Feldberg Inverse 07/21/2021
4.5/5
As the emptiness of pop culture's ongoing love affair with nostalgia increasingly finds Hollywood huffing its own fumes, Beyond the Black Rainbow aesthetically leans in to tease the endpoint of all that retromania. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Panos Cosmatos

Director

Michael J. Rogers

Barry Nyle

Eva Bourne

Elena

Scott Hylands

Mercurio Arboria

Marilyn Norry

Rosemary Nyle

Rondel Reynoldson

Margo

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Movie Info

Synopsis A heavily sedated woman (Eva Allan) with ESP tries to escape from the secluded commune where she's been held captive.
Director
Panos Cosmatos
Producer
Oliver Linsley, Christya Nordstokke
Screenwriter
Panos Cosmatos
Distributor
Magnet Releasing
Production Co
Chromewood Productions
Rating
R (Drug Content|Disturbing Images|A Graphic Sexual Illustration|Language|Some Bloody Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 18, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 12, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$56.1K
Runtime
1h 49m
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