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...exactly killed), and the woman they both lust for can be revived from death only by becoming a zombie. From Beyond eschews such metaphysical satire for some fine gore effects and a hypersonic tone that raises horror to farce. No masterpiece here, just a bloody good entertainment. It's criticproof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bloody Good From Beyond | 12/1/1986 | See Source »

...critics produced mixed notices. "A gargantuan honky-tonk," sniffed the Time's Brooks Atkinson. "Olsen & Johnson would be practically scriptless if the Chinese hadn't invented gunpowder," grumped the Herald Tribune. "A cheerful nightmare," said the World-Telegram. Actually, Olsen and Johnson seem to be criticproof. Funzapoppin's predecessor, Hellzapoppin, was disdained by almost every critic, yet it ran for more than three years on Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Laugh Factory | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

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