Horror Comedy Musical ‘Your Monster’ Trailer Starring Melissa Barrera
by Alex Billington
September 12, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I’m a mess!” “No you’re not!” Ahaha listen to the monster! Vertical has unveiled the official trailer for an original horror comedy musical called Your Monster, created by the filmmaker Caroline Lindy. This first premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year in the Midnight section, earning some rave reviews (I saw it there – it’s a very good time!). After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actor Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming Monster living in her closet. A romantic-comedy-horror film about falling in love with your inner rage. The monster is an actual giant, hairy, big guy kind of like a live-action Beast from Beauty and the Beast. But he’s also just a metaphor for her “inner rage” – or maybe he really is real? Watch the film and find out. Your Monster stars Melissa Barrera as Laura, with Tommy Dewey as the beast, and Edmund Donovan, Kayla Foster, Meghann Fahy, Brandon Victor Dixon, Ike Ufomadu, and Lana Young. This trailer hides the whole musical side of it – there’s a few clever songs. The monster’s makeup & FX are terrific, though. This entire dark comedy is worth a watch.
Here’s the main official trailer (+ poster) for Caroline Lindy’s film Your Monster, direct from YouTube:
Your Monster tells the story of the soft-spoken actor Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) while recovering from surgery and decides to retreat into her childhood home to recover. With her future looking bleak, insult is added to injury when Laura discovers her ex is staging a musical that she helped develop. But out of these gut-wrenching life changes emerges a big, hairy monster (Tommy Dewey) with whom she finds a connection, encouraging Laura to follow her dreams, open her heart and fall in love with her inner rage. Your Monster is written and directed by up-and-coming American filmmaker Caroline Lindy, making her feature directorial debut after many shorts previously. Produced by Kira Carstensen, Melanie Donkers, Kayla Foster, Caroline Lindy, Shannon Reilly. This first premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section earlier this year. Vertical debuts Lindy’s Your Monster movie in select US theaters starting October 25th, 2024 this fall. Any good?