The Beast Within

Name: The Beast Within
Genre: Horror
Released: February 12, 1982
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Bibi Besch, Don Gordon, John Dennis Johnston, Katherine Moffat, L.Q. Jones

1982

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United Artists | Release Date: February 12, 1982 | R

Starring: Bibi Besch, Don Gordon, John Dennis Johnston, Katherine Moffat, L.Q. Jones, Logan Ramsey, Paul Clemens, R.G. Armstrong, Ron Soble, Ronny Cox

Summary: A young woman gets raped by a mysterious man-creature, and years later her son begins a horrific transformation into a similar beast.

Director: Philippe Mora

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 98 min

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Chuck Bowen

An ambitious monster movie that attempts to explore the metaphorical ghosts lingering over the atrocities committed by the residents of a small, noxiously chummy Southern town, and whose collective closets obviously symbolize the troubled historical legacy of the American South at large. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Written by Tom Holland, who would go on to write and direct FRIGHT NIGHT and CHILD'S PLAY, the script does a nice job of translating the awkwardness of adolescence into a horrifying event. Read full review

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There does come a time when Clemens has to get out of his body and get on with being a bigtime monster. Thanks to Thomas R. Burman’s make-up effects, this sequence actually creates chills as the boy’s head bubbles and bursts and his skin pops and stretches. Read full review

Vincent Canby

Philippe Mora is the director, but the only name really worth noting is that of Tom Burman, who did the frequently grotesque special effects. Read full review

Jay Scott

One of the gorier and more witless horror films in recent memory. [19 Apr 1982]

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Computey18

Dec 25, 2022

once you get past the weird, odd, and kinda dumb idea, you're in for a fun ride.

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