There Is a Monster is a 2024 American horror film directed by Mike Taylor and starring Joey Collins, Ena O'Rourke, Jesse Milliner, MerryRose Howley.

Material such as the Robert Wise directed The Haunting, The Innocents with Deborah Kerr, and today’s films like The Babadook get lost in the maelstrom of jump scares and gore.

Taking the psychological impact of a subtle belief that is devastating, adding a dose of denial, and turning it slightly on its head, you have Mike Taylor Written and directed There is a Monster.

'There is a Monster' could have gone in a number of outrageous directions, but it would have taken away from the low current pull of betrayal of one’s own body and cheapened the singular horror of being locked in.

It’s an effective film with solid direction, showing that horror and terror are the things that drive your fear, no matter what it is.