Steineded How sad is this?

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

arthur_tafero This film had a small budget; but it produced a fine atmosphere of futuristic gloom; especially with the black and white photography. The B actors all did a fine job, but the real star is the script and storyline; which I would classify as an A effort. A test pilot goes into the future by accident and arrives in the year 2024 (not too far from now lol), but in 1960, people were far more optimistic about space travel. They thought we would have colonies on the moon and Mars. Nope. We have chosen to wisely spend our money on national defense, instead. I really liked the twist ending which I will not reveal. Well worth watching.

MartinHafer The basic idea behind "Beyond the Time Barrier" isn't bad--it's just painfully obvious it was a super-low budget film. Too many set and script problems lingered that would have been worked out if the film makers had more than $45 to make the entire film. Despite this, the film does have two minor stars in it--Victor Sokoloff (a familiar face but a name you'll not readily recognize) and Robert Clark (who made a few sci-fi films and guest starred on TV shows like "Dragnet").The film is set in 1960. Clark is a Major in the Air Force and is flying a sub-orbital high altitude experimental flight. However, something odd happens and he's somehow transported 64 years into the future! And, unfortunately, the future completely sucks! It seems some plague killed most of the folks on Earth and left most of the rest as either mutants or total jerks! So, Clark has to somehow get back to his time to alert the folks on Earth. Can he do it? And, is there any way they'll believe him? And, will the complete and total jerks of the future even let him attempt this...after all, they ARE jerks! Overall, despite the crappy sets, I could recommend this to lovers of cheesy sci-fi. That's because the basic story isn't bad at all and it ended very well. On the other hand, be forewarned--it is cheap--REALLY cheap. The worst are the 'mutants' kept in prison. The ones near the top of the steps and those down inside the pit are OBVIOUSLY from different movies--and look NOTHING like each other!! The stairs ones are guys (no ladies?) wearing the absolute worst skin-head wigs I've ever seen! They are hilariously dumb. But, the folks living down in the pit look almost like extras from "Island of Lost Souls"--all covered in hair and looking a bit primordial!! Duh! So, if you can ignore the dumb parts, it's not bad...but still uneven.

slabihoud So many reviewers already took this film apart and I mostly agree with them. When I saw this film at Vienna's Filmmuseum (Austria), there was one scene I really could not trust my eyes. When this test pilot lands after breaking the time barrier and walks around in search of people he SUDDENLY sees this futuristic city! Well... that insert shot of a city is so completely out of sync with the scenes before and after that at first I thought he is looking at a poster, especially considering that it is so obviously painted like for a comic magazine and to top it all, you could even see the top of the paper it is painted on!!! I was simply shocked by such a poor quality. The guy who shot the insert seemed not to be able to fill the frame. One or two more inserts like this occur in this movie with the same effect. There is a lot of senseless running back and forth inside the city, maybe just to kill time, since the story is so thin. Ulmer proved that he could make good movies, but here he proved that he could make really bad movies as well!

captainapache If you considering this title, you are probably towards the end of your journey to see all that the 'fifties' sci-fi genre has to offer, and rightly so.BTTB is a Z Grade affair all the way. While the story concept and sets are intriguing enough, the lame acting, lack of action, and static camera work make this one almost unwatchable. Ulmer's high point for low budget was Detour. This is nowhere near Detour.For bottom of the barrel fifties sci-fi, I would definitely recommend War of the Satellites, Satellite in the Sky, Night the World Exploded, Phantom From Space or Mutiny in Outer Space long before I would recommend Beyond the Time barrier. It's not terribly bad, just terribly unengaging....