The Boy and the Beast (2015)
On the surface, The Boy and the Beast has much in common with director Mamoru Hosoda’s previous film, Wolf Children.
On the surface, The Boy and the Beast has much in common with director Mamoru Hosoda’s previous film, Wolf Children.
Let’s be honest: when you’re talking about classic movie monsters, werewolves are basically a cut-rate version of vampires. They’re an incarnation of all the same fears – loss of control, the savage nature of man, fear of sex (specifically, venereal diseases) – while being, for the most part, more ridiculous than scary. There are some…