THE MONSTER 2016 (NETFLIX)

A modern film that isn't too bad at all.

I was asked to watch this film by a charming young lady who calls herself "The Real Queen Of Horror", and if I saw it I was to give her my opinion.

I finally got a chance to see this the other day. The story revolves around a young mother (Zoe Kazan) and her daughter(Ella Ballentine) who have a hostile relationship at best. This is made clear in the first few minutes of the film as the mother is too drunk to get out of bed in the morning to take her daughter to he father's home.

Instead they leave at night. During the trip they argue and late at night they hit, or believe they hit a wolf in the road. The car is severely damaged and cannot be driven. They call 9-1-1 and are told an ambulance and tow truck will be dispatched to the desolate area where they are stranded.

When the tow truck driver gets there the two witness him being attacked by a huge beat that tears his arm off and eventually devours him. This sets off a life or death struggle with the Monster. The same fate befalls the ambulance drivers and once again mother and daughter must fight for their lives.

I liked the fact that a lot of backstory was put into the volatile relationship between child and mother and yet nothing is explained about the monster. It just exists and they must deal with it. The creature is pretty cool looking and it can also fly. Not knowing what it is or where it came from only adds to the terror.

A nice little horror effort from Canada which I enjoyed. A little too much on the gore side for me, but that is a personal taste. The use of profanity gets tiring as well, but it's how they do things these days. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for horror fans.