H Collective taps director Christine Crokos for horror-thriller The Beast

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

The H Collective (producer James Gunn's BRIGHTBURN) has tapped writer-director Christine Crokos (PIMP, see above) to direct their upcoming elevated horror-thriller THE BEAST (Blacklist 2018). The H Collective is producing and fully financing with casting beginning immediately for a Fall 2019 Shoot. THE BEAST is a "hard-hitting" horror-thriller about

A woman who flees an abusive husband only to find herself the sole survivor of a plane crash. Stranded in the South Pacific on a deserted island, she must also grapple with horrors that tap into her worst nightmares while fighting off a creature of unknown origins.

The H Collective’s President of Production Sherryl Clark:

The H Collective continues to seek-out genre-bending movies that offer up the unexpected such as Brightburn, which Sony is releasing on May 24th. I haven’t been this excited about a creature movie since working on Cloverfield. I am beyond thrilled that our company is committing to the 4% challenge to hire more female directors. I fell in love with Christine after seeing her fierce direction of KeKe Palmer in Pimp. She has the perfect combination of skills to tackle this, raw, crowd-pleasing and emotional film.”

Crokos said:

The Beast is a very unique flip of how we see the world of domestic violence. It's a fresh and bold lensing on female empowerment. It’s a ferocious fight for survival, where one must be brave enough to dive into a terrifying isolated world and come out the other side transformed.

Sherryl Clark (President, Production) and Kenneth Huang are producing for The H Collective with Nic Crawley (CEO) and Kent Huang executive producing. The H Collective is producing and fully financing with casting beginning immediately for a Fall 2019 Shoot.