Review - The Beast of Bray Road

The Beast of Bray Road was one bad ass beast . . .

Right from the get go the killings began. They were bloody and intestinal. Lots of bodies ripped in half in this tale of the supposed WI Lycanthrope. But most interesting to me was how they portrayed this town of Delavan, WI. I mean, the women all seemed to be loose as a country goose and all of the men seemed to be nothing more than police hating rednecks and wife beaters. No wonder they were all getting eaten by a werewolf - it was punishment for their sins, right??

I think they may have stretched the phrase "based on actual events" just a little too far for my liking in regard to this film. I mean really from what I've read and been told about this legend there have been no accounts of people being ripped in half. But I don't know, maybe I've missed something.

At any rate, The Beast of Bray Road was actually very entertaining for me once I took the "based on actual events" statement out of the picture. I really enjoyed most of the characters and the beast, while a just a tad bit unrealistic looking, was quite an adversary for our new town sheriff' Phil Jenkins(Jeff Denton). Although throughout the movie it is important to remember that he is not officially the new sheriff until Pam (Noel Thurman) gives up the seat in two weeks. Hence the investigation not going quite the way Jenkins would quite like it to be going. Enter our innocent and naive cryptozoologist, Quinn McKenzie (Thomas Downey) who needs to categorize this new animal species for his thesis. By the end of the film he learns about more than just one wild anmial in Delavan, WI to say the least.

With quite enough blood to satisfy and my favorite new word, cryptozoologist (remember that from Chupacabra Dark Seas??), being utilized throughout the film, The Beast of Bray Road definitely gets a recommend from me. Although I could definitely see why the people of Delavan, WI would not take a fancy to this artistic rendering of their little rural community, I can only say to them that most of us know what "based on actual events" has come to mean in this day and age. And it almost always means based on one tiny little corn kernel of a fragment of an actual event. Hope that gives them some solace . . .

Directed by
Leigh Slawner

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Leigh Slawner (as Leigh Scott)

Cast (in credits order)complete, awaiting verification
Jeff Denton .... Phil Jenkins
Thomas Downey .... Quinn McKenzie (as Tom Downey)
Sarah Lieving .... Kelly
Joel Hebner .... Creature/Ray Loubes
Tom Nagel .... Billy Loubes
Noel Thurman .... Pamela Fitske
Matt Kawczynski .... Dennis Snarski
Dan Tana .... Zeke Loubes
Bernadette Perez .... Gina Germaine
Anne Apra .... Mrs. Van Beek
Kyle Kaplan .... Jeff Van Beek
Mark Womack .... Timmy
Christina Rosenberg .... Sandy Brown
Maija Polsley .... June Brown
Heather Conforto .... Gretchin Willings
Megan Bass-Jackson .... Sheila
Amanda Barton .... Shelly Berka
Steven C. Miller .... Brad Willson/Bar Patron
Eliza Swenson .... Tami
Andrew Lauer .... Jack Berka (as Andy Lauer)
Kean Cronin .... George Krantz
William Clevinger .... Victor
Kurt Altschwager .... Farmer Barton
Jill McGrady .... Mrs. Lewis
Jennifer Black .... Dyana Stacy
Hutchi Hancock .... Maddy Mann
Derek Riley .... Pat McGuire
Ben Thompson .... Ben Slawner
Melanie Guzek .... Bar Patron

rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Williams .... Father Rogers