Beast (2009) Online
A convicted murderer escapes from a secure unit on the moors, and finds himself in a small village, famous for its Beast sightings and disappearances. He's taken in and looked after by a strange lonely spinster who has taken a liking to him, but he soon begins to wonder if he was better off in prison.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Kate Faulkner | - | Alice |
| Helen Jolley | - | Beautiful young proprietor |
| Mark White | - | The detective |
This film is a result of a £10 bet between the director (Chris Jupp) and prolific Pompeywood filmmaker Michael J Murphy.
Jupp's debut feature is adapted from the original screenplay for Skare, the Michael J. Murphy film of 2000 that was his last to be shot on 16mm and the majority of which was lost by the Royal Mail on the way to the film lab for processing. The disaster hit Murphy so hard that his initial reaction, based on an experience of previously cursed projects, was to leave Skare lost. When Murphy moved next immediately into digital movie-making it was with a new script. Chris Jupp, looking for a handy script for his initial foray into feature film production asked for permission to re-approach it with some light revision on Murphy's original story. Murphy was amenable and Jupp jumped to it. (Paul Higson, The Zone)