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Beast No More (2019)

Beast No More poster
Directed by
Aaron Warwick
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young biologist who studies butterflies suffers a tragedy that upends her life. She escapes to a remote bush project where strange events begin to happen. She gets a chance to be a mother again but it comes with a heavy price for her and her family.

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What happens

Beast No More is a 2018 Australian horror film starring Dan Ewing and Jessica Tovey. The story revolves around Mary Jane (Tovey) a young biologist who focuses on lepidoptery. Tragedy strikes and Mary Jane's world is disturbingly turned upside down. Fleeing the troubled "real world" she embarks upon a solitary bush project. In the isolated and surreal landscape Mary Jane starts experiencing strange phenomena. The opportunity to be a mother again presents itself, only it comes at a cost for Mary Jane and what's left of her family. The film was directed by Aaron Warwick was written by Matthew J Schelle and written and produced by Jennifer Van Gessel who wrote the prequel comic titled Beast No More Metamorphosis. It was shot during July 2016 and January 2017 on the Central Coast and in Berrima, New South Wales. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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