History Film / FromBeyondTheGrave

* ArtifactOfDoom: Two of the antiques deceitfully obtained prove to be this. The mirror in "The Gatecrasher" contains an apparition that compels Charlton to kill so it can feed and eventually manifest outside the mirror. The eponymous door in "The Door" was created by the evil occultist Sir Michael Sinclair as a means to trap those who entered through it, so that Sinclair can take their souls and live forever. (The other two items, the medal and the snuffbox, are not directly linked to fate of their possessors.)

It was the last in a series of horror anthology films from Amicus and was preceded by ''Film/DrTerrorsHouseOfHorrors'' (1965), ''Film/TortureGarden'' (1967), ''Film/TheHouseThatDrippedBlood'' (1970), ''Film/{{Asylum}}'' (1972), ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (1972) and ''Film/VaultOfHorror'' (1973).

* AnAxeToGrind: An antique axe prominently features in the climax of "The Door".

* SoulJar: In "The Door", Sir Michael's soul is mystically connected to the door he enchanted to allow him to reach across centuries and take others souls in order to live forever. Seaton realizes that the only way to defeat Sir Michael is to destroy the door, and when Rosemary hacks at the carved face on the door with an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]], the same cuts appear on Sir Michael's face.

* KnifeNut: In "The Gatecrasher", the ghost that confronts Edward in his vision is carrying half a dozen knives in his belt, and uses one of them to stab Edward. Later, under his influence, Edward commits all his murders with a knife.

* NiceToTheWaiter: In "An Act of Kindness", Christopher Lowe is always generous to the match seller outside the train station because he is a decorated ex-serviceman. Tellingly, his wife Mabel regards the man as nothing more than a beggar.

* In "An Act Of Kindness", Christopher Lowe (Ian Bannen) is a frustrated, middle-management drone trapped in a loveless marriage with Mabel (Diana Dors). Bullied by his wife, and shown no respect by his son, he befriends Jim Underwood (Creator/DonaldPleasence), an old soldier now scratching out a living as a match and shoe lace seller. In an effort to impress, Lowe tells Underwood that he is a decorated soldier. To support this lie, he tries to persuade the proprietor to sell him a Distinguished Service Order medal. When the proprietor asks that Lowe provide the certificate to prove he previously had been awarded the medal, Lowe steals the medal. Underwood is impressed by the medal, and asks Lowe to come to his house for tea. Once there he meets Underwood's daughter, Emily (Angela Pleasence). Over time Lowe is seduced by Emily's frankly rather creepy charms, and they start an affair. But there is far more to this peculiar relationship than meets the eye.

* ApothecaryAlligator: At the start of "The Elemental", the proprietor of Temptations Ltd. is carrying a small stuffed crocodile and does not put it down throughout the transaction, which serves to emphasise the peculiar nature of the shop and its contents, and the possibly magical nature of the proprietor.

* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper: The spirit that possesses Edward in "The Gatecrasher" is strongly implied to that of Jack the Ripper. (This is made much more explicit in the short story on which it is based.)

** See JoulJar above for another example.

* AssholeVictim: Each story starts with its respective doomed protagonist trying to cheat Cushing's character in some way, establishing them as thoroughly unlikable. [[spoiler: Subverted, however, in "The Door", which ends with the reveal that William did ''not'' steal from the antique shop's till, and is thus completely innocent. For this reason, his is the only story to end happily.]]

* SoulJar: In "The Door", Sir Michael's soul is mystically connected to the door he enchanted to allow him to reach across centuries and take others souls in order to live forever. Seaton realises that the only way to defeat Sir Michael is to destroy the door, and when Rosemary hacks at the carved face on the door with an axe, the same cuts appear on Sir Michael's face.

* TooDumbToLive: Charlton's downstairs neighbor Mr. Jefferies in "The Gatecrasher" notices red liquid dripping from his ceiling, and instead of telling the authorities, goes to Chalrton to complain about the mess. Charlton kills him.

* AbusiveParents: In "An Act of Kindness", Christopher and his wife Mabel are so wrapped up in their AwfulWeddedLife that they alomost completely ignore their son, and he ends up becoming collateral damage in their arguments. [[spoiler:The KarmicTwist at the end is that Jim and Emily Underwood are actually there to answer the son's prayers and not Christopher's.]]

* AwfulWeddedLife: In "An Act of Kindness", Christopher and his wife Mabel are trapped in a desperately unhappy marriage. She nags and belittles him every chance she gets, while he he's a classic HenpeckedHusband who responds passive-aggressively or with tantrums. From the few clues dropped, it appears to have been a WartimeWedding that did not work out as either of them expected, but divorce in middle class 60s/70s Britain would have been social death.

* DisposableSexWorker: In "The Gatecrasher", Edward's first sacrifice is a streetwalker her picks up and takes home.

''From Beyond the Grave'' is a 1974 British anthology horror film from Creator/AmicusProductions, directed by horror director Kevin Connor, produced by Milton Subotsky and based on stories by Creator/RChetwyndHayes.

It was the last in a series of anthology films from Amicus and was preceded by ''Film/DrTerrorsHouseOfHorrors'' (1965), ''Film/TortureGarden'' (1967), ''Film/TheHouseThatDrippedBlood'' (1970), ''Film/{{Asylum}}'' (1972), ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (1972) and ''Film/VaultOfHorror'' (1973).

* EvilDetectingDog: When Warren arrives home with the invisible elemntal on his shoulder in "The Elemental", his dog whines and refuses to come near him. He later runs away. When Madame Orloff arrives to perform the exorcism, one of the first questions she asks is if their dog as run away, and goes on to explain that animals and children can sense elementals, and sometimes even see them.

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''From Beyond the Grave'' is a 1974 British anthology horror film from Creator/AmicusProductions, directed by horror director Kevin Connor, produced by Milton Subotsky and based on stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.

It was the last in a series of anthology films from Amicus and was preceded by ''Film/DrTerrorsHouseOfHorrors'' (1965), ''Film/TortureGarden'' (1967), ''Film/TheHouseThatDrippedBlood'' (1970), ''Asylum'' (1972), ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (1972) and ''Film/VaultOfHorror'' (1973).