The Beast Within

The Beast Within (2024) is a low budget British horror film from Alexander J. Farrell. It is being distributed by Well Go USA Entertainment. The film has a small, but solid cast, led by Game of Thrones' Kit Harrington. The movie is set in a remote place, and the year is unclear because of the pristine natural of the film, and how it was shot. All of those elements are good compliments to this homage to classic horror films, with a twist. The essence of the appeal of horror films is that that are allegories that are founded in real life fears and horrors. This movie does a good job of being engaging, and thought provoking. There is more here than a simple werewolf's tale, and that is a positive. The strength of the film is the perspective from which it is told; that of Harrington's Character's daughter. Caolinn Springall does a good job carrying this burden. She is the heart of the film, and elevates it. Worth the watch.

Unwatchably dull though beautifully shot ... The child is good ... James Cosmo is always good ... The woman was really annoying ... Harrington only works well with a good director ... The landscapes were wonderful ... But this should have been a werewolf film and kept to the idea of what it was ... Instead we get a director with ideas of trying to be clever ... What should have been the underlying idea of broken family and possible alcoholism ( ??? ) are instead to upfront instead of subconcious and drag this down into total tedium instead of running with excitement and having dark fun with it ... This totally comes down to direction and possibly editing, though its smooth enough... Not worth your time.

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.

A movie like this made in 2024 surprises me. The female lead is a good actress. Kit has the same expressions he carried forward from game of thrones, even the voice tone. The Put some effort guys.

It's been a while that we have seen a real good massive blockbuster movie.

Post covid industry has taken too long to come up to speed.

The beast within is a waste of time. It's so slow makes you fall 😴 asleep.

And rhe director was so lazy he did not even bother to use CGI to show a proper beast to sort of create an impact.

Reminds me of 90s series " Manimal".

It is by no means better than " the manimal".

I can't relate to nor root for idiots and their stupid decisions. I have no energy left. This movie is a frustrating watch. The characters' illogical choices make it impossible to sympathize with them, and the plot never fully delivers the tension it promises. What could have been a gripping thriller is undermined by poor pacing and weak storytelling as well as a poor premise. Any potential it had is squandered by its inability to engage or surprise, leaving me exhausted, annoyed and disappointed. It doesn't make any sense and I wonder why Kit Harington chose this. He played well, but couldn't save anything.