Beyond Darkness (Italian: La Casa 5, also known as House 5 and Horror House II) is a 1990 Italian horror film directed by Claudio Fragasso. It was written by Fragasso and Rossella Drudi and produced by Joe D'Amato. The film is the second sequel to Ghosthouse, which itself is an unofficial sequel to The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II.Beyond Darkness is a standard Italian horror film of the "haunted house" subgenre.