Thursday, 12 February 2026

800 Beyond Bedlam ( 1994)

 This deservedly-forgotten British flick  stars Keith Allen as  Gilmour an incarcerated psychopath  taking an experimental drug  pioneered by a very unlikely neurologist (Liz Hurley ) . When she  takes the drug herself to check for side effects (yeah, right) it  creates a  sort of psychic web which Gilmour is  able to control from his cell. Craig Fairbrass, is Terry,  the  cop investgating the resulting carnage  and he has history with Gilmour. At  least that's what I think's  going  on; after 30 minutes or so the  film gives up trying to explain anything and becomes a tedious incoherent mess. It's badly lit, poorly acted and completely worthless.

Elizabeth Hurley ( as Samantha )

Sex : Samantha has various erotic dreams

Death : Survives


Elizabeth was born in Hampshire  and  attended a comprehensive  school. She  dabbled in a punk band while studying theatre and dance. She made  her  first TV  appearance in Inspector Morse and her film debut in the arthouse film Aria  in  the  late eighties. She started dating Hugh Grant around the same time  and  became a tabloid sensation after attending the premiere of Four Weddings And A Funeral in a Versace dress. Her enduring  celebrity has  overshadowed her film career  ever  since  although it continues to this day.

Samantha Spiro ( as WPC Foster )

Sex : No

Death : Survives


Samantha is a Jewish actress from London. She  began her acting career  on the stage which  remains her first love although she has also done a lot of TV work with film trailing a distant third. This  was her first film role. She has  won  two Olivier Awards for  her stage  acting and  a British Comedy Award for Grandma's House in 2010. She is best known for playing Barbara Windsor on both stage and screen.

Zoe  Heyes ( as Josie )

Sex : No

Death : Uncertain - Josie reads that she's been mutilated in her office then turns up in Terry's fever dream where he asks her if sahe's dead and doesn't get an answer


Zoe was born in Warrington and was seriously burned in a childhood accident. Her acting career was brief. This was her second and final film then she appeared in the TV mini-series She's Out  before landing a regular role in London's Burning. She quit after two series to pursue other opportunities but no one seems to know what they were.

Annette Badland ( as Nurse Nancy )

Sex : Nancy sexually services Gilmour

Death : Uncertain - she appears to have been shot in the fever dream



Annette was born in Edgbaston  and  has been an active character  actress since 1970  with numerous  credits on stage, radio, TV and film. In her early  career she was best known as secretary Charlotte in Bergerac.She has been in Dr Who, Casualty and all the soaps, most  substantially Eastenders and  currently has a regular role in Midsomer Murders. She appears to have lost some weight in recent years.



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