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Beast Within
Hunter's Moon / Delusion
Canada / USA 2020
produced by Nic Izzi, Steven Morana, Amy Williams (executive), Spero Stamboulis (executive), Bruno Marino (executive) for Build Character, Little Axe Productions, High Star Entertainment
directed by Chris Green, Steven Morana
starring Steven Morana, Holly Deveaux, Art Hindle, Colm Feore, Marco Timpano, Ari Millen, Katie Boland, Melissa D'Agostino, Jon Cor, Mark Andrada, Nicole Stamp, Bobbie Phillips, Supinder Wraich, Alysa King, Rogan Christopher, Kassandra Santos, and as werewolf Tyler Williams
written by Matthew Campagna, Rudy Jahchan, music by Arya Safakish, special makeup effects by The Butcher Shop
review by Mike Haberfelner
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August (Steven Morana) is a socially awkward video game developer who
hates crowds - and who has been made the face of a new gaming app called Werewolf
Awaken ... mainly because his charismatic boss Brian (Art Hindle) has
been a bit scandal prone of late, and the brand thus needs a new face. And
thus, August is also the center piece of the app's launch party. Now the
party initially goes as good or bad as expected, as there's a priest (Colm
Feore) warning about the dangers of the app, a journalist (Bobbie
Phillips) who turns out to be Brian's ex asking uncomfortable questions,
the ex (Jon Cor) of Brian's current girlfriend (Supinder Wraich) crashing
the party, August's best friend (Marco Timpano) scaring everyone in a
werewolf costume, and Brian's publicist (Ari Millen) doing a poor job
keeping everything in check. Of course, there's also Cheyenne (Holly
Deveaux), August's online friend he meets in person for the first time,
and the fact that she's gorgeous leaves him tongue-tied, even more so that
she turns out to be a cam girl. So the party could go much better for
August - and that's before guests turning up dead. Soon it turns out the
game has taken a dynamic of its own and there's an actual werewolf on the
premises killing people, and to get rid of it, everybody attending has to
find out who it is - but that's easier said than done as the werewolf has
made it its habit to kill the main suspects ... Basically, this
is an old-fashioned whodunnit of the old dark house variety blended with
werewolf motives, and given a new coat of paint with its gaming app
premise - and it works, not only because the elements work well together
but also because this is a well-written film that finds a fine balance
between humour and horror and brings some colourful characters to the
table as well as a mystery plot that clearly has some thought put into it.
And a stylish directorial effort and some solid performances sure help to
make this one a very entertaining ride.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
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a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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