Text and Subtext 36: The Beast Within

You have to ignore a somewhat sketchy backstory - as to how eating human flesh transformed someone into a mutated monster (like a wendigo, but that explaination is never offered) - but even so, this is an entertaining and gory movie about a teenage boy fighting to keep his “heritage” at bay as his body goes through some “changes.” Hard to miss the coded subtext of adulthood and sexual awakening as something hideous and monstrous, but don’t worry, it doesn’t take itself that seriously. It’s a bloody, gory good time with that great 80s/90s practical effects. Check it out, now.