Melissa Barrera Starring Horror Rom Com ‘Your Monster’ Arrives on PVOD Tomorrow

Melissa Barrera (Scream VI, Abigail) is back in Vertical’s new horror-comedy Your Monster, and the coming-of-rage horror romcom is making its way to PVOD platforms tomorrow.

You can preorder Your Monster on PVOD platforms now.

The romantic monster movie looks to be a new spin on the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast. In the film, “After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming, monster living in her closet.”

Here’s the full official plot synopsis:

“Your Monster tells the story of the soft-spoken actor Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) while recovering from surgery and retreats to her childhood home to recover. With her future looking bleak, insult is added to injury when Laura discovers her ex is staging a musical that she helped him develop.

“But out of these gut-wrenching life changes emerges a monster (Tommy Dewey) with whom she finds a connection, encouraging Laura to follow her dreams, open her heart and fall in love with her inner rage.”

Kayla Foster, Meghann Fahy, Brandon Victor Dixon, Ike Ufomadu, and Lana Young also star in the film from writer and director Caroline Lindy. Producers include Kayla Foster, Shannon Reilly, Melanie Donkers, and Kira Carstensen.  Bob Potter, Tommy Dewey, Sharon Horgan, and Clelia Mountford executive produce.

The horror comedy movie is based on Caroline Lindy’s short film from 2019.

I wrote in my Sundance review for Bloody Disgusting, “A wholesome, whimsical romance befitting of a classic Hollywood musical but with dark underpinnings, Your Monster lets Melissa Barrera showcase her range and singing chops, even when it can’t quite decide on a cohesive approach to its monstrous metaphor.”