The Beast Within is a horror genre film from writer/director Alexander J. Farrell, who tackles familial abuse and trauma as a werewolf tale. Making the jump from documentaries to fictional stories, Farrell goes deep into the story of a transformation that happens during every full moon with William (Kit Harrington) as it is seen through the eyes of his young daughter Willow (Caoilinn Springall). The film is a slow burn that doesn’t rely too heavily on jump scares but more on the psychological effects of children going through a difficult relationship with their parents. The werewolf curse just adds to the story of domestic violence that takes place in an isolated home that becomes a repeated cycle. In The Beast Within, a family lives in a small cottage deep in the woods where Noah’s wife Imogen (Ashleigh Cummings) prepares for his transformation every month in secret. Once the full moon rises, Imogen takes