The Beast Within (2024) Movie Review | Fantasia Fest 2024

[@Dariogrossi0]

I just finished watching it and i don't understand, by the is it implied that the "werewolf" part was just cope and unreal and he was just an abusive father?

[@jugurthasyphax6341]

Yes, that's what the ending strongly implies. Another clue is that when the wife undresses, her body is covered in bruises, but not claw scratches or bite marks, indicating that she was beaten by a human, punched and kicked rather than attacked by a beast.

[@jabloneynophony1875]

Don't forget, the entire movie is from the girls perspective.

[@Dariogrossi0]

@@jugurthasyphax6341 what a fucking waste of my time, the entire thing that drew people to watch it was the concept of werewolf with kit Harrington, and btw this entire movie if it was made in Hollywood could have been sued for misleading the audience since that new law that came out two years ago, cause this entire movie was promoted as a werewolf movie, every poster implied and every trailer, I hate this subversion of expectations that modern filmmakers have, like they think they doing something just cause they pulled the "ah fooled ya" at the end

[@Kb-xq2ry]

@@Dariogrossi0that law has nothing to do with that that law was because trailers showed a completely different movie with scenes not even in the movie or characters seen in trailers not even in the movie, that’s like saying every movie that doesn’t reveal the end is misleading like every movie with a twist has to tell you what it is in the trailer

[@Dariogrossi0]

@@Kb-xq2ry i mean, they showed a plot line for a movie that didn't actually happen so

[@Darkandahalf]

Another wasted attempt at a werewolf film, further catapulting the most underrepresented horror sub-genre further into the abyss of most forgettable movies. Why won't these film makers learn anything from previous, similar attempts at the werewolf movie? The MOST important thing about a werewolf movie, is the WEREWOLF! Get that right and you've won half the battle already. It's no wonder so many good werewolf stories never get the green light when stuff like this keeps coming out.

[@cardo92w]

I agree. One of my favorite monsters next to Predator.

[@lividthoughts]

The wolf man with benicio del toro and Anthony Hopkins is the best were wolf movie to come out in ages

[@Coopdegras]

Great film but the cgi just doesn't hit the same as anamatronics that's why AWIL is stil top dog decades later.

[@joelmarin5890]

@@lividthoughts nothing tops Van Helsing werewolves. Underworld are pretty good design too tbh

[@ryansweeney1661]

This film was awful , and im pissed off that it sells itself as a werewolf horror There is no transformation scene, no werewolf bar, a few shadows And the ending!! There's nothing about this i appreciate This film fuxking sucks No horror in this whatsoever Dont believe anything positive about this drama

[@smellfartlie]

The Beast Within: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde ....it was never meant to be of werewolves

[@ronniemcbride4475]

One of the worst movies I have ever seen

[@user-jh8ek6qd1z]

I can't wait to see it, great recap too 👍👍👍👍

[@Faceless_saint]

Let me save you the stress, it's a bad movie

[@LeoTheShortGuy]

Awesome

[@a-1moves750]

If we take away CGI maybe we will get good script writing again

[@kazeemadeleke7979]

He's not abusive it's the mood swing from the beast within.

[@Teebee300]

I think that is pretty crucial distinction for someone who hasn’t seen it yet.

[@shinjiikari1989]

Had no idea that was Kit Harrington

[@axl5728]

I dont understand the ending can anyone explain it to me i thought the werewolf got burnt but then we saw her dad and her mother lying on the ground and the dad saying your a little monster to the little girl

[@fu463]

Bear with me. English was always my lowest grade throughout school. From my interpretation I feel like it’s all in the little girls head. There is no werewolf. As kids your told stories about werewolves, vampires, zombies, Frankenstein, etc. The father was a domestic abuser and her seeing him as a werewolf or “monster” was the way her mind processed the trauma of seeing her father beat her mother. In one of the scenes, I believe in the middle of the movie, the mother hops out of the car and changes her shirt. You can see bruises and marks as if she was beaten. And have u also noticed when the mother and grandfather were crawling under the dining room floor it sounded like boots walking around and not a “werewolf”. I mean we barely even saw the thing the whole movie. And wouldn’t a werewolf be able to sniff you out or hear you? There’s no way a werewolf wouldn’t have heard all the sounds they were making. Especially talking. And when the grandfather got impaled on the antlers, why didn’t the werewolf finish him off.? He was hanging on them I believe. And it just neatly took him off and sat him on the floor? I have so many questions. And when it showed the scene when the three of them were in the bed. She says “ I like it when your like this”. Meaning when he’s not abusive. That’s just what I got from the movie.

[@thinrichard670]

​@@fu463 it has been confirmed by the (director?) that it is all about spousal abuse

[@alfredojohannes6827]

This was a cheap out on the level of lost. Why so many scenes with him being chained up with the pig. Are we to believe he is also an animal abuser... to what end. If this was the turn they were going to take they did too much to make us think a real werewolf existed. I was enjoying the movie for what it was until the cheap Shyamalanesque twist. It fails horribly.

[@thinrichard670]

@@alfredojohannes6827 my friend who was equally disappointed pointed out how they had no pigs when they showed other farm animals.. so why the heck did she imagine a pig too?

[@alfredojohannes6827]

@@thinrichard670 yeah they def screwed the pooch trying to get to their "I see dead people moment" There is no way to twist what is shown to make it make sense (other than the possibility that the daughter is on lsf) AND the father is an abuser.

[@kartik_12]

this is first time i got scammed by a movie. werewolf part was so less. :)

[@elinapsychcyphers]

😂

[@drewmcgill5290]

I just watched “No Way Up” on AMC+ and I was surprised with how much I dug it. It’s lowly rated mainly because of the B-premise and then the movie being more of a dramatic survival film than a dumb fun shark movie like the premise makes it seem like it’s going to be. I’m actually kind of glad it went the route it does. It caught me off guard with the good production value and the sharks are on the more realistic side than CGI monsters like usual. Gave it 3.5 couches. The dialogue and characters can be rough at times but it’s more good than it is bad imho.

[@jarnec9428]

Hi. I have AMC + and just saw the movie. It wasn’t bad. Thanks for the info!

[@UnownDepth]

So let me got this straight. This not a remake of 1982 movie. Just both share same name and both a Werewolf

[@mustafaj.h.m9012]

Watch the 2019 warrior series, it’s good

[@non-fictionaltoughguy1208]

What does that have to do with anything…

[@mustafaj.h.m9012]

@@non-fictionaltoughguy1208 what do you have to do with anything, watch the video…

[@non-fictionaltoughguy1208]

@@mustafaj.h.m9012 I did lol your comment is still irrelevant, great show tho

[@mustafaj.h.m9012]

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[@mustafaj.h.m9012]

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[@antoniomojica212]

This movie is about domestic violence 😞 no Wolf just a violence father...it reminds me of (hide and seek )

[@victoravila3275]

Very much looking forward to this, great review again 👍

[@OrtegaOY]

Noah was afflicted with Clinical Lycanthropy

[@hypercc1]

Yet another film that was advertised as a "horror" that ended up being dull as ditch water. The film came across like it was made by media studies students who thought they were doing something revolutionary. The problem for me is this whole 'humans are the real monsters' trope has become really boring and has been done to death. Is it so bad to want to see an ACTUAL werewolf movie??

[@qayyumchariff4357]

"IT'S THE BIGGEST PIECE OF SHIT" -Dwayne Johnson-

[@caiqueluan6186]

Like

[@craigsimon6316]

A movie called primal rage. You should check it out. It has to deal with Sasquatch. however I would also say it’s very similar vibes and feel to the original predator movie

[@MoviesAndMunchies]

Nice, I'll look for it. Thank you!!

[@LegendsUnboundTTRPG]

Yo I saw this movie couple years ago. Didn't think it would be that good but it actually was pretty solid

[@subhajitmandal8373]

You should review starve acre

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

The Dragon Prince.

[@jimmorrison3190]

This movie seriously sucked

[@a-1moves750]

Worst mom ever 😂😂

[@scottdostie3239]

I’ve been patiently waiting for a good werewolf movie. Best one I’ve found is Dog Soldiers. The Howling would be good but the overload of sex stuff in that movie takes me away from a good werewolf story. Dog Soldiers is good. About as good as it gets so far. Hopefully this one is decent. Decent enough anyway.

[@2212mjm]

Dog Soldiers, and Silver Bullet

[@dennisacac]

The only good thing about this movie was the wife and daughter having pretty faces. But the story... It's worse than the ending of the season 8 of Game of Thrones.

[@Nostromo2144]

There are no wolves in England. You know nothing Jon Snow! We're trying to get back into The Lazarus Project after Dark Matter, and also watching The Mists of Avalon (don't ask!).

[@sarahryan3440]

Omg what a waste of a film. The last 17mins were the best part.

[@givemeshelter.]

Can you review the series The Strain? There were 4 seasons.