Beast, The

aka: La Bete
France 1975, 94 minutes
Dir. Walerian Borowczyk
In English, French with English subtitles
Rating: [R18]
Genres: Cult / Controversy, Sexploitation, Animal Amok, Black Comedy

Topics: Bad Taste.

Feat. Lucy Broadhurst

Aroview: This unsexy, frequently hilarious art-porn parable from the easily aroused dir. of IMMORAL TALES consists of a hairy sasquatch in heat chasing – and eventually copulating – with a nubile virgin in the woods.

In short, it's a hardcore variation on BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (complete with questionable animal suit and a hysterically oversized sexual organ), masquerading as an anti-bourgeois treatise, that’s also very, very European. Keyword for pervs: bestiality.

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1 star (Turkey) Ironically banned in many countries for being too "sexually explicit", this is a film with close to zero sex appeal. There are numerous scenes involving nudity, but it is all so ridiculous that one can only presume it was intended as a black comedy. ~Tom H
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2 stars (Good Try) The screenplay lacks a bit of substance but if in the right mood it could entertain. The photography is excellent. ~Tubbs
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3 stars (Good Enough) ~Anonz