The Beast Within

About The Beast Within

A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya out of the locals.

The Beast Within (1982) is a fantasy horror film directed by Philippe Mora. Ronny Cox takes the lead as Eli MacCleary, Bibi Besch as Caroline MacCleary, Paul Clemens as Michael MacCleary, and R.G. Armstrong as Doc Schoonmaker.

At 98 minutes long, it arrived in February 1982. Written by Tom Holland.

Shelv files it under campy, psychotronic, and mutation. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV. It scores 5.5 out of 10 from 133 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

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