Film Review – The Beast Within

Screenwriters Greer Ellison and Alexander J. Farrell (who also directs) tease a world of horror with “The Beast Within.” It’s the specificity of this terror that’s open for interpretation in the movie, which seems more like a theatrical adaptation, keeping characters and points of pressure contained to a few settings. And perhaps the material would’ve been better off as a play, finding the intimacy of a small room potentially helping the intended creep of the story, which deals with terror both real and imagined. As a film, “The Beast Within” fails to inspire suspense, with Farrell (and 33 producers) neglecting the needs of storytelling pace to leisurely explore an arc of awareness as a young girl encounters the possibility that her father might be a werewolf. The endeavor has mood and competent performances, but there’s very little to the production that’s meant to grab the viewer, often caught struggling to find intensity with a tale of growing threat. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com