MONSTER'S KINK

YOUR MONSTER Melissa Barrera learns to live, laugh and love again with a most unexpected flatmate.

- JOSH SLATER-WILLIAMS

The big C' is a euphemism for cancer, often used to paint a less scary picture of the disease for children. In writer/director Caroline Lindy's debut feature Your Monster, cancer and repressed childhood memories are key plot points, though they are intertwined with two other crucial Cs: catharsis and... closets.

Having undergone cancer treatment, actor Laura (Melissa Barrera) recovers at home, while (barely) coping with the fallout of her playwright boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) dumping her while she was in hospital. Indulging in creature comforts, she's soon faced with a creature discomfort: emerging from her closet is a furry, snarky humanoid monster (Tommy Dewey), who's lived with Laura in secret all these years, but now wants the flat to himself. Their reluctant partnership sees 'Monster' help Laura prepare for her ex's new musical, allowing her to bond with an embodiment of her inner rage and possibly learn to love it.