REVIEW: FURTHER THAN FEAR AKA MÁS ALLÁ DEL TERROR (1980)

By Elena Anele (*)

FURTHER THAN FEAR it is a movie directed by Tomás Aznar in 1980. It is said that J.P Simon (PIECES) was one of the screenwriters together with the director himself and Miguel Lizondo.

Tomás Aznar was not the most popular Spanish directors, his most famous film may be El libro del buen amor, based on a medieval book he turned into a soft-core feature.

The film can be categorized as hybrid between Spanish Horror and Kinky style, as it starts with a gang of youngsters playing the criminal in the big city. In their runaway from the police they break into a house and attack an old woman and her grandson… something they will regret soon. She casts a spell before passing away in which zombies will rise to kill them.

The feature is worth because of its weirdness but apart from that it does not offer anything of interest. It is quite boring, especially in the beginning when the violent criminals are introduced, although there are some pleasing traces of Eloy de la Iglesia’s    Una gota de sangre para morir amando (Clockwork Terror). Being J.P. Simon behind one may expect a little more of the story… at least some fun.

To fulfill your curiosity let me tell you that the poster art with the cover of Warren Comic’s VAMPIRELLA #11 (May 1971) was used in the VHS release of the movie in Western Europe.

Apart from VHS releases there is no info on DVD or BR.. and one only need to watch the quality of the frames or videos on Internet to notice no HD released has ever been made.

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Elena Anele is the woman in charge of SPANISHFEAR.COM, Horror Rises from Spain  and Un Fan de Paul Naschy . A literature and cinema researcher, finishing her postgraduate studies with a thesis about the mystic filmmaker José Val del Omar. She has published in different media and books as Fangoria or Hidden Horror. She has also been in charge of several translations including Javier Trujillo’s complete works, La Mano Film Fest, The Man who Saw Frankenstein Cry and many more.