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Beowulf1999

Name: Beowulf
Genre: Monster & Creature, Survival, Gothic
Released: 1999-03-31
Rating: 3.6

“A fortress at the edge of darkness. An enemy within that only one man can conquer!”

Directed by Graham Baker

3.6

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 4.1Rotten Tomatoes 0%TMDB 4.4

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Year

1999

Runtime

93 min

Box Office

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$1,531,251

🏆 3 nominations

The premise

Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the Outpost's master of arms.

Horror Vault's take

A lone wanderer arrives at a fortified Outpost where warriors are being slaughtered nightly by a terrifying creature known as Grendel. This sci-fi/fantasy-tinged retelling of the classic epic pits Christopher Lambert's battle-hardened hero against a relentless, inhuman predator. Political intrigue and mistrust fester within the Outpost's walls, making the monster outside only one of many dangers threatening its inhabitants. Dark corridors, brutal combat, and an oppressive atmosphere give this cult riff on the Old English legend a distinctly grim edge.

Content: Graphic Violence, Monster Attacks, Battle Sequences, Massacre Imagery