The Beast Within is a horror-thriller film directed by Alexander J. Farrell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Greer Ellison. It centers around Willow (Caoilinn Springall), who finds out that her father turns into a werewolf at night and goes down a path to unravel the ancestral curse that has plagued her family since generations.
The film is produced by Merlin Merton, Sebastian Street, Martin Owen, and Karl Hall, among others. Furthermore, its executive producers include Brian Beckmann, Addam Bramich, Caylee Cowan, Ben Dukes, etc. The movie was released theatrically in the United States on July 26, 2024.
The film's official synopsis, as per Rotten Tomatoes, reads:
"After a series of strange events leads her to question her family's isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest. But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they've tried so desperately to conceal."
The Beast Within is available to stream on Hulu.
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Plot summary
The Beast Within focuses on the 10-year-old girl Willow, who grows up with her father Noah and mother Imogen deep in the remote English forest. On a full-moon night, she discovers her family's dark secret - her father transforms into a beastly werewolf at night.
Willow learns that the ancestral curse that has befallen her father will most likely engulf her as well unless she breaks the generational cycle. With her love and determination, she seeks to rid her family of the generational curse, which is revealed to be domestic violence in the film's climax.
Cast and characters
The main cast list of The Beast Within is given below:
- Kit Harington as Noah
- Ashleigh Cummings as Imogen
- James Cosmo as Waylon
- Caoilinn Springall as Willow
- Ian Giles as William
- Martina McClements as the Great Grandmother
- Adam Basil as a townsperson
- Andrei Nova as Werewolf
- Hugh Coles as Chris
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