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Spooky season kicks off with some fun at WWC this year, with a film that is brave enough to ask the question: what if there WAS a monster hiding under your bed, and what if he was kinda’ f***able? The debut feature from director Caroline Lindy, Your Monster creates the sort of easy-going Millennial/Gen Z popcorn horror rom-com that pitches itself somewhere between Beauty & the Beast and Lena Dunham’s Girls.

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When musical theatre actress Laura Franco, played by Scream franchise stalwart Melissa Barrera, finds herself dealing with the triple blow of cancer recovery, a split with her boyfriend and no job prospects, she takes refuge in her mother’s New York townhouse. There, she discovers that her long forgotten childhood monster in the closet is still in residence. Once she gets over the initial shock, Laura finds strength in her new companion and finds a way back to the stage.

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Mixing genres with ease, Your Monster is an enjoyable comedy, romance and horror (with a few musical elements) that provides a smart take on how rage intersects with femininity, alongside its laughs and heartstring tugs.

 

A huge hit with audiences at London’s Sundance Film Festival and Dublin’s Horrorthon, critic Mark Kermode said:

“This is somewhere between A Monster Calls and The Substance, because it has the sort of psychological depth of the former, and the WTF! humour, ‘Where is this going?’ of the latter. I absolutely loved it… I loved the characters, I loved the use of songs, I loved the confidence of the writing and direction. It takes an old story and makes it new. It genuinely manages to get that balance between the dark and the light, the funny and the ghoulish, the frivolous and the profound… I can’t recommend this highly enough… it’s really well done, it’s got a very, very unpredictable spirit to it, it’s funny, it’s moving, it’s touching, it’s weird… it completely bowled me over.”

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See it Friday, October 16th, for an early Halloween treat.