After a fisherman accidentally unleashes a 100-year-old skeleton from a floating coffin — and is strangled to death as thanks — a “world-famous” atomic energy scientist is brought in, because that’s just what you do in these situations.

As the skeleton claims more victims, it transforms into a bird-faced alien thing. We never get a full, clear look because The Horror from Beyond is shot in such stark black-and-white, you might as well call it ShadowVision. The creature’s power is creating a mighty wind by lifting its arms, not a leg.

This tall, hulking monstrosity crashes an outdoor costume party before heading to the local power station. But where will it strike from there? Lady scientist Maryann sure wants to know; in real time, we watch her painstakingly think things out on paper — letter by letter, line by line:

LAB
PARTY
POWER STA.
↓
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Gripping! Resolution comes swiftly, once authorities man up and take a flamethrower to the place like it were Mikey Madison in a swimming pool on Cielo Drive.

A moody chiller from future Bloodsport helmer Newt Arnold, The Horror from Beyond wears its Filipino origins well, imaging what a crossover of the Blood Island and Aztec Mummy franchises might look (and sound and smell) like. In a cameo, Frankenstein’s monster has his pants fall to his ankles — something Guillermo del Toro didn’t have the balls to consider. —Rod Lott