

Jesse's severed arm abruptly lands on the hood of the car. Tired with bickering, Kathy gets out of the car to talk to Jesse but cannot find him. Lizzy notices the wolf's body is gone and now becomes frightened. The tow truck arrives and its driver, Jesse, begins working underneath the car. Kathy is injured in the collision, forcing Lizzy to call a tow truck and ambulance. But its injuries look like they were sustained by an animal attack rather than their car. As night falls, Kathy hits a wolf with her car. Tired of taking care of her abusive, unstable, alcoholic mother, Lizzy makes it clear she wants to live with her father permanently. Kathy ( Zoe Kazan) is driving her teenage daughter Lizzy ( Ella Ballentine) to her father's house as it's his turn for custody. Its plot follows a troubled mother and her adolescent daughter who find themselves stranded at night on a country road with a malicious creature hunting them. The film was released through DirecTV Cinema on October 6, 2016, before opening in a limited release on November 11, 2016, via A24. The Monster (originally titled There Are Monsters) is a 2016 American monster horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino, and starring Zoe Kazan and Ella Ballentine.
