Synopsis: A mother and daughter must confront a terrifying monster when they break down on a deserted road.

Release Date: November 11, 2016

Thoughts: After making the nifty home invasion thriller The Strangers in 2008, writer/director Bryan Bertino has kept a fairly low profile.  Though Bertino’s Mockingbird failed to take flight in 2014, the filmmaker hopes to have another sleeper hit in 2016 with The Monster from rising studio A24.  These compact, one-setting creature features are always intriguing to me and as The Shallows showed earlier this year, you don’t need a huge budget or multiple locations to give audiences one good scare after another.  Starring Zoe Kazan (What If), Scott Speedman (The Vow), and what looks to be a nasty beast, I’m getting some nice vibes from this one.  I’m also cancelling any road trips on deserted roads…