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 妻子的死给电视台王牌主播霍华德（彼得·芬奇 Peter Finch 饰）带来了沉重的打击，使他陷入痛苦和悲伤中无法自拔。电视台决定解雇已经无心工作的霍华德，霍华德的老朋友麦克斯（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰）成为了传达这一噩耗的不二人选。得知自己即将被 解雇，为电视台做牛做马多年的霍华德十分愤怒，在第二天的节目上，他竟然向观众们预告，自己即将进行自杀直播。霍华德的这一出格举动惹恼了电视台的高层，更让一直对麦克斯心存不满的总裁弗兰克（罗伯特·杜瓦尔 Robert Duvall 饰）发现了找茬的机会。在隔天的新闻直播中，霍华德理应按计划对自己的不慎言行做出道歉，可是恼羞成怒的他却大放厥词，将矛头直指当代美国的种种弊端。女制片人戴安娜（费·唐纳薇 Faye Dunaway 饰）从霍华德的一系列行为中看出了商机，她买通了弗兰克，成为了霍华德背后的推手。

　　五年前，一系列模仿名画场景的连环杀人案轰动纽约城，警探斯坦（Willem Dafoe 饰）受命调查此案，然而却迟迟没有进展，令其饱受舆论压力。斯坦以少女克莉斯特（Samantha MacIvor 饰）作诱饵吸引凶手，虽然成功击毙嫌疑犯艾迪，却也导致克莉斯特惨遭杀害。　　艾迪一案使斯坦得到警署嘉奖，顺利升职，不过他的心中始终对遇害少女怀有愧疚，并且此案背后似乎另有隐情。心中承受巨大内疚之情的斯坦沉溺酒精，愈加孤僻。五年后，类似案件再次出现，凶手似乎有意以斯坦为目标发出赤裸裸的挑战。斯坦不仅要面对这个狡猾且智商极高的对手，更要面对长久以来困扰自己的心魔……

　　Check out the trailer for The Beast Within, an upcoming movie starring Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, and Caoilinn Springall.　　After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest. But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal.　　The Beast Within is produced by Merlin Merton, Martin Owen, Ryan Hamilton, Karl Hall, Sebastian Street, Alex Chang, Jack Christian, Evan Ross, Jordan Wagner, and Ying Ye. It is written by Greer Taylor Ellison and Alexander J. Farrell.　　The Beast Within, directed by Alexander J. Farrell, opens in theaters nationwide on July 26, 2024.