Beast Within, The

The Beast Within
Credits
Title:	The Beast Within
Directed by:	Philippe Mora
Written by:	Tom Holland
Produced by:	Harvey Bernhard; Jack B. Bernstein; Ron Fury; Gabriel Katzka
Music by:	Les Baxter
Cinematography:	Jack L. Richards
Edited by:	Robert Brown; David Garfield; Bert Lovitt
Production
Distributors:	Katzka United Artists
Released:	February 12th, 1982
Rating:	R
Running time:	98 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Gross:	$2,040,000
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The Beast Within is an American feature film of the horror genre, which explores elements of the "man-beast" storytelling trope. It also deals with themes of rape and cannibalism. The film was directed by Philippe Mora with a script written by Tom Holland. It is based on a novel written by Edward Levy. The film was produced by United Artists and released theatrically in the United States on February 12th, 1982.

Cast

Actor	Role
Ronny Cox	Eli MacCleary
Bibi Besch	Caroline MacCleary
Paul Clemens	Michael MacCleary
Don Gordon	Judge Curwin
R.G. Armstrong	Doc Schoonmaker
Kitty Moffat	Amanda Platt
L.Q. Jones	Sheriff Bill Pool
Logan Ramsey	Edwin Curwin
John Dennis Johnston	Horace Platt
Ron Soble	Tom Laws
Luke Askew	Dexter Ward
Meshach Taylor	Deputy Jeff Herbert
Boyce Holleman	Doc Odom
Natalie Nolan Howard	Court clerk
Malcolm McMillin	Gas station attendant
Fred D. Meyer	Workman

Notes & Trivia

• The Beast Within, The Beast Within (1982), Beast Within and Beast Within (1982) all redirect to this page.

• The tagline for this film is, "He was on the verge of becoming a man-eater!"

• This film is based on the 1981 novel The Beast Within by author Edward Levy. As with most screen adaptations, many liberties are taken with this interpretation of the novel. The novel was actually unfinished at the time that production started on the film, so Tom Holland had to fill in many plot gaps with his own ideas.

• This film was produced by the Katzka film studio, which was founded by Gabriel Katzka. It was released theatrically through United Artists.

• The movie was filmed in parts of Bolton, Raymond, and Jackson, Mississippi.

• The Beast Within was released on DVD in Region 1 format by MGM Home Entertainment on August 28th, 2001. It was packaged as part of MGM's "Midnite Movies" line.

• Actress Katherine Moffat is credited as Kitty Moffat in this film.

• This is Philippe Mora's third feature film as a director. It is his first work in the horror genre. Philippe will go on to direct the werewolf movies Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf and Howling III: The Marsupials.

• This is Tom Holland's first work in the horror genre as a script writer. He will go on to write the script for and perform in Psycho II in 1983, and will write and direct Fright Night in 1985, as well as Child's Play in 1988.

• A poster for The Beast Within can be seen in Donny Martin's apartment in Howling III: The Marsupials, which is also directed by Philippe Mora.

• This is actor Don Gordon's second work in the horror genre. He will go on to play roles in films such as The Exorcist III in 1990 and The Borrower in 1991.

• Deputy Herbert's first name, Jeff, is not provided in the film's credits, but is spoken several times by Sheriff Bill Pool.

• Actress Bibi Besch is also known for playing the role of Doctor Carol Marcus in the 1982 feature film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Explicit content

• Female frontal nudity: Kitty Moffat's groin area is exposed during her rape scene.
• Female rear nudity: Bibi Besch's buttocks is shown when Ronny Cox carries her out of the swamp.
• Female topless nudity: Both Bibi Besch and Kitty Moffat's breasts are exposed during their respective rape scenes.
• Mild profanity: One use of "shit" and "son of a bitch".

External Links

• The Beast Within at AMG
• The Beast Within at IMDB
• The Beast Within at Wikipedia
• The Beast Within at Themoviedb.org
• The Beast Within at Rotten Tomatoes