The Beast Within2024

Name: The Beast Within
Genre: Werewolf, Folk Horror, Body Horror, Psychological
Released: 2024-07-22
Rating: 4.4

“Protector. Provider. Predator.”

Directed by Alexander J. Farrell

4.4

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 4.2Rotten Tomatoes 40%Metacritic 43TMDB 5.7

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Year

2024

Runtime

97 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$51,860

Domestic

$51,860

🏆 1 nomination total

The premise

Ten-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of an ancient forest. After witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret that they've so desperately tried to conceal.

Horror Vault's take

When young Willow secretly trails her parents into an ancient forest one night, she stumbles upon a horrifying truth her family has fought to keep buried. What she witnesses sets her on a collision course with a dark inheritance she cannot outrun. Rooted in old-world dread and shot through with raw familial tension, The Beast Within weaponises the primal fear of what we might unknowingly pass on to those we love most.

Content: Body Horror, Disturbing Transformation Sequences, Peril Involving A Child, Dark Thematic Content