#31daysofhorror day 16: From Beyond (1986)

Cosmic horror, moist monsters, extra horny

Jeffrey Combs & Barbara Crampton are the ultimate horror dream team & this movie is absolutely unhinged in the best way. Even if it was nothing but Dr. Praetorius’ transformation from sniggering Jordan Peterson clone with a fur rug glued to his chest into a horny, moist, graboid into a Jim Carrey Anglerfish monster, I would love this movie. But we also have a stubborn boss bitch main character who totally ignores the fact that her boy Jeffrey Combs / Crawford Tillingsghast (AKA Ol’ Crawdaddy the Ghastly) came to her with a jacked up pineal gland from his OG tangle with the machine. & she girl bosses her way into absolutely transforming herself from a hot nerd into horny-for-science & all I can think is this is that way Anne Rice should have written Rowan Mayfair because it’s far more believable & entertaining this way. & the ending had me fucking rolling — absolute masterpiece.

— L

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Host rankings

Stef: 4 C.H.U.D.s
L: 4 C.H.U.D.s
Mel: 2.5 C.H.U.D.s

Average: 3.5 C.H.U.D.s