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We had the trailer for this the other day, with the official title being, From the Beyond: High Strangeness in the Bennington Triangle. I asked for a screener and watched it this weekend.
I like this kind of documentary; they are never going to give any conclusive proof, but they are entertaining, and that’s exactly what From the Beyond is.
I’m not going to list the cast, as they are all real people, but mostly known in the Vermont area. They all know about weirdness and strange goings on. For me, it was weird how it was in Vermont, but in areas like Glastenbury, Somerset, and Shaftsbury. When naming places in the US, they literally just copied an UK map. #LazyWriting
The Story
The main theme is from the title, From the Beyond: High Strangeness in the Bennington Triangle. You’ve obviously heard of the Bermuda Triangle, where everything is weird. Up is down, ships go missing, and Disney is still respected.
The Bennington Triangle isn’t exactly a triangle, but an area in Vermont, where strange things happen. In some respects, to many strange things happen. There are stories of rocks that swallow people up, UFO sightings, ghosts and even a Bigfoot. Unsolved mysteries are like buses, you look for one, then three come along, all in the same place.
A local author, I forget his name, coined the phrase Bennington Triangle after hearing so many stories from the locals. He’s written books on the area and knows about most of the strangeness.
Everywhere has local legends, like the Mud Angel.
The director of From the Beyond has taken the local legends of this area and made a documentary about them.
Documentary Film Making
I’ve made documentaries for about 30-odd years now. My subject is not all that interesting to me, but I know people like them. Watching From the Beyond, I have to give the director and narrator a lot of kudos; it’s very well made. Although most of the visuals are AI’ed, and a bit too trippy, however, I get what he was trying to do.
The subject of mystery and strangeness is appealing to most people, I would say. So some of the stories are interesting to listen to, but at the end of the day, they are all just stories.
In this modern age, we all have mobile phones capable of filming for 10 hours, all in 4k resolution. Yet, there is very, very little evidence of aliens, ghosts, Bigfoots, or the boogie man.
With all the stories that the people tell in From the Beyond, not one person can offer any proof. I’m don’t think the people interviewed are lying, I think they really believe the things they saw, but at the same time, we all have a vivid imagination. In fact, I found a meme this week which really summed up my thoughts about the interviewees.
I’m honestly not having a go at these people, as I said, it was real to them. I guess deep down, we would all like to believe in the supernatural to take away the sting of death. Did the people in From the Beyond see something weird? Yes, to them, they did, and I’m not going to take that away from them.
Overall
I’m not going to go over all of the details in From the Beyond, as I have said, there are interesting people who are telling interesting stories. I found myself entertained, but I felt a little bad laughing at them, not with them.
At one point, there’s a discussion about how a hunter’s ribs were crushed, but you have people saying that a bear could never do that! Then why is it called a ‘Bear Hug’? I’m no Grizzly Man, but I’m pretty sure a bear can crush a man’s ribs.
The documentary is very well made, the people are interesting, and the subject matter is open for discussion. However, again I apologise, but I couldn’t help thinking of Homer in the X-Files episode of The Simpsons. Homer believes he saw an alien, but Lisa was doubtful, saying:
“It’s just people who claim to have seen aliens are always pathetic low lives with boring jobs…oh, and you, Dad! (nervous laugh)”
I am not saying the people in From the Beyond are losers; they all seem like genuine people. It made me laugh how one of the guys got lost in the woods, a storm came in, it scared him, and he found a profound sense of comfort from a fire he made.
His overall experience wasn’t all that scary; it sounded like he had a nice camping trip, the weather turned, and he got a bit lost. #bless
From the Beyond: High Strangeness in the Bennington Triangle is an entertaining watch. You’re not going to get any answers to the big questions in life, but you will hear about some cool folklore, interesting people, and it’s good escapism for an hour or so. A solid 3.5 out of 5 stars.
From the Beyond: High Strangeness in the Bennington Triangle will be released digitally on the 28th of April.
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