FilmPsychological Survival

Friendly Beast2018

Name: Friendly Beast
Genre: Psychological, Survival
Released: 2018-08-09
Rating: 6.3

Directed by Gabriela Amaral Almeida

6.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 6.3TMDB 6.5

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Year

2018

Runtime

98 min

Box Office

🏆 3 wins & 16 nominations

The premise

A restaurant owner going over the edge when an armed robbery is attempted at his establishment. He holds everyone captive at gunpoint – criminals and customers alike – and situations corrode into a nightmare state, guided by manipulation and raw compulsion.

Horror Vault's take

When an armed robbery erupts inside a remote restaurant, the owner's response proves far more terrifying than the criminals who triggered it. Seizing control at gunpoint, he turns staff and patrons alike into hostages, blurring the line between protector and predator. What begins as a crime scenario steadily mutates into a pressure-cooker study of dominance and psychological unraveling. Brazilian in setting and unflinching in tone, this is a slow-burn nightmare with no easy exits.

Content: Violence, Threatening Behaviour With Firearms, Psychological Abuse, Intense Confrontational Scenes