Message #151880

[the Coming Darkness]

Film

There are two recent films based on the attacks of the Beast: Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)[10], directed by Christophe Gans, and La bête du Gévaudan (2003)[11], directed by Patrick Volson.

Brotherhood of the Wolf, while based on the records of the creature, also took several creative liberties in order to make the story more entertaining. Rather than a wolf or wolf-dog crossbreed, the movie portrays the creature as a lion equipped with armor to make it seem more threatening. The Beast is the instrument of the film's titular secret organization, which attempts to undermine public confidence in the king and ultimately take over the country by stating that the Beast is a divine punishment for the King's indulgence of the modern embrace of science over religion.