The Beast Within

The Beast Within (1982) is an American horror film from director Philippe Mora that you can watch online on iFILM. Mississippi, 1964: newlyweds Eli and Caroline break down on a dark backroad, and while the husband goes for help, something that isn't quite human attacks his wife.

Seventeen years later their son Michael falls ill with a condition no doctor can even name. Caroline talks Eli into driving back to that same small town to dig up who the boy's real father was — before whatever is growing inside Michael takes over for good. Ronny Cox and Bibi Besch play the parents, while Paul Clemens is the teenager turning into something monstrous. The centerpiece is a long, grotesque transformation scene the makeup crew pushed so far that practical-effects buffs still bring it up decades on. It's swampy Southern body horror for viewers who prefer their scares built from latex and prosthetics, not pixels. Stream The Beast Within (1982) online on iFILM.