---
title: 'Beyond the Darkness (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe D''Amato'
released: '1979-11-15'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beyond-the-darkness-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078916/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beyond the Darkness (1979)

1979 · 94 min · Horror · Italy

Original title: Buio Omega

## Synopsis

Beyond the Darkness is a 1979 Italian exploitation horror film directed by Joe D'Amato. It follows Francesco Koch, an orphaned taxidermist who inherits a house in the woods where he lives with his housekeeper Iris, who is determined to become the new owner. After Iris kills his girlfriend Anna with a voodoo curse, Francesco steals her corpse from the local cemetery. He then commits murders connected to his enduring passion for her. A local undertaker investigates and meets Teodora, Anna's twin sister.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe D'Amato](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-d-amato)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joe D'Amato](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-d-amato)
- **Screenplay:** [Ottavio Fabbri](https://cinepixo.com/people/ottavio-fabbri)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Goblin](https://cinepixo.com/people/goblin)
- **Producer:** [Marco Rossetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-rossetti)
- **Editor:** [Ornella Micheli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ornella-micheli)

## Cast

- [Carolyn De Fonseca](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-de-fonseca)
- [Anna Cardini](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-cardini)
- [Cinzia Monreale](https://cinepixo.com/people/cinzia-monreale)
- [Franca Stoppi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franca-stoppi)

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