5.0
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Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Something of a Monster (2025)
Something of a Monster (2025)
Overview
Something of a Monster (2025) is a psychological thriller directed by Brandon Duncan in his feature debut. Set in 1984 North Carolina, it follows Amelia (Ashley Bacon), diagnosed with a phantom pregnancy and sent by her in-laws to a remote Catskills inn, where she faces mysterious encounters in the woods. Co-starring Samuel Dunning and Ameerah Briggs.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
5.0
Overview
Something of a Monster (2025) is a psychological thriller directed by Brandon Duncan in his feature debut. Set in 1984 North Carolina, it follows Amelia (Ashley Bacon), diagnosed with a phantom pregnancy and sent by her in-laws to a remote Catskills inn, where she faces mysterious encounters in the woods. Co-starring Samuel Dunning and Ameerah Briggs.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's depiction of a woman's exile due to phantom pregnancy and encounters revealing hidden grief underscores critiques of societal and familial pressures on women's bodies and minds, favoring themes of empathy and healing over confrontation.
Diverse casting places Black actresses in the lead and key supporting roles amid a period setting. Narrative subtly addresses women's experiences of familial pressure and emotional isolation through a psychological thriller lens.
Secondary
Familial expectations around motherhood fracture into abandonment and malice, with marital and in-law ties excoriated as instruments of isolation in this psychological horror.
No LGBTQ+ characters or themes appear in the film. The story focuses exclusively on heterosexual family dynamics, pregnancy loss, and psychological horror without queer representation.
The film contains no identifiable transgender characters or themes. Its narrative centers on psychological horror involving a phantom pregnancy and isolation, without addressing transsexual identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Something of a Monster presents an original story with newly created characters, lacking any source material or historical basis that would allow for gender swaps in portrayals.
Something of a Monster presents original characters in a fictional narrative without source material, prior adaptations, or historical bases establishing canonical races, so no race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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5.5
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