The Beast Within

I wasn’t sure what to expect from The Beast Within, but it surprised me in the best way. It’s a slow burn, but the tension builds beautifully, and Kit Harington delivers a powerful performance. The film's atmosphere pulled me in completely, and I found myself thinking about its ending long after the credits rolled. It's the kind of horror that creeps under your skin and stays there.

The storyline was flat and failed to deliver a great plot.

This is a terrible movie mostly of scenery and people look off camera. Half the time I thought I was watching Irish spring commercial. They knew this movie was bad a sold on trailer as a werewolf movie and even gave it a name of an old werewolf movie. Instead it about domestic violence told thought the eyes of a little girl who associate her father with a werewolf monster when he is abusive. Such a waste of an idea. Waste of time to watch.

Yuch! What a stinker! Honestly can't find a good thing to say about it.

There was absolutely nothing to like about the parents in this movie. It was more about a mean controlling husband & father . Not a horror flick.

An allegory (for the most part) on domestic abuse using a werewolf story. The atmosphere it created through the location, and music worked really well. The acting was really good, especially the ten or so-year-old protagonist. There were a lot of great ideas in it but it kind of feels a little bit stretched when they could've explored a lot more withing the setting. The ending really felt unnecessary explaining away how the girl is an unreliable narrator. There's a lot in the movie that makes sense with that ending but that would be readable even without that. But there are a lot more questions that can rise from that ending. This could've been really great if the script was reworked more. The characters could've been explored a lot more. There were many scenes that felt weird. But even with all that, the idea was good and a lot of it did work pretty well. Definitely felt that it's better than all the reviews give it credit for.

I really like this movie. Kit Harington... come on... he's the reason I watched it in the first place. I love the movie's "feel"... the setting, the scenery, the music, the wardrobe, the language and the perspective make it hard to tell if the story is modern day or long ago. It has a mystical, fantasy-like vibe, making it hard to tell sometimes what is real or not. But one thing for sure, I was not expecting the ending. That doesn't happen very often. Not much surprises me. I can usually figure the ending long before it happens but this movie threw me for a loop. When the gravity of this plot hits you, it is a mighty revelation, one that needs to be talked about more often.

Don't waste your time or money on this movie. It is not good or even entertaining really. And I hating bad reviews, but with movies like this, I feel it's warranted. I actually bought it having only seen the trailer which I'll admit fooled me, but after watching it, I wanted my money back. It's marketed as a horror movie, which I guess it is but if you're expecting an awesome werewolf movie, you're in for a huge disappointment. Production was sub-par, acting was ok, and entertainment value is maybe a 2/10. Not worth it.

The trials and tribulations of a family with bad blood in their veins, a melodramatic tale that lacks meat on it’s bones and gets a bit hairy before all is said and done.

Willow lives with her parents in a secluded farmhouse in the English countryside. The young girl is restless because of her father's secretive disease. A generational trauma is uncovered by the girl, revealing a monster more real than she could ever have imagined. "The Beast Within" is a werewolf tale wrapped in a family drama. The movie highlights the beast that lies dormant inside us, waiting to be unleashed. Despite the clever metaphor, the movie is often ambiguous in terms of the narrative it intends to create, resulting in an ineffective blend of drama and horror.