Beast No More

Caught this at Monsterfest and had to praise Jessica Tovey. Seen her in Bad Mothers so was surprised. Give this woman more roles! If anything you won't see where this film is going. I thought I had it but really didn't! 9 stars for Jessica.

Plot

A young mother and scientist, whose world is disturbingly turned upside down when she loses her son in a tragic accident, is offered the chance to be a mother again. Only it comes at a cost, and with an unnerving twist.

Cast

Dan Ewing who alike the rest of the cast come across like he just couldn't be bothered.

Verdict

The cover art I saw was very different from that on IMDB, it coveyed that this was more of a creature feature, in reality that art is a complete lie.

Beast No More is an unforgivably boring film that's hard to pigeon hole. It's horror but certainly not creature feature, not a slasher, not supernatural, it's just dull and lifeless.

I'd hoped it would get going in the second half, I hope it would kick in in the last quarter, I hoped so much and it delivered positively nothing.

Rants

I watched the same day as Abigail (2024) it really didn't stand a chance really did it? With it's weak cast, awful direction, poor editing, dreadful cast and on account of it being consistently awful from start to finish. I need to keep my expectations for such films lower, like centre of the earth low.

The Good

I liked the bit where the credits rolled

The Bad

Very weak cast Dan Ewing simply isn't likeable Dreadful incoherent plot Nevers gets going.

If you're not forced to watch this then skip. Watch TCM the 20th time, play Angry birds or try counting how often your cat blinks its eyes but skip this.

It baffles me that a mess of a movie like this can pass a screening test.

Look clearly it's an indie film and it isn't full of jump scares and gore but it does a great job at conveying grief.