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‘The Beast Within’ Review: Kit Harington Gets Hairy (and Bare) in a Handsome English Werewolf Thriller
Documentary helmer Alexander J. Farrell’s narrative debut 'The Beast Within' is an atmospheric if underdeveloped tale of a family’s hereditary curse.
Beauty makes more of an impression than the titular creature in “ The Beast Within.” Documentarian Alexander J. Farrell’s first narrative feature is a handsomely crafted, modestly scaled affair that benefits from being shot largely around the historic Harewood Woods and Castle in West Yorkshire. After a brief prologue suggesting a hereditary affliction going back centuries, a hazily defined present (it could be anytime within the last 50 years) finds our principal characters living not so differently from their ancestors, farming and tending livestock. They stretch from the baroque details (i.e. antler chandeliers) in Russell De Rozario’s production design to the occasional trad-folk strains in Nathan Klein and Jack Halama’s effective original score.
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