A famous author is pulled into a twisted mind game with her rich, powerful new neighbor — who might be a murderer.

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The Beast in Me (2025)

Pain needs a partner.

★ 7.1/10 November 13, 2025 1 season

DramaMystery

Creator: Gabe Rotter

A famous author is pulled into a twisted mind game with her rich, powerful new neighbor — who might be a murderer.

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Creators

Gabe Rotter Gabe Rotter

Cast

Claire Danes Claire Danes Agatha 'Aggie' Wiggs Matthew Rhys Matthew Rhys Nile Jarvis Brittany Snow Brittany Snow Nina Jarvis Natalie Morales Natalie Morales Shelley Morris

User Reviews (3)

Dean
Dean December 10, 2025
★ 5/10

Story's interesting, but sadly it's poisoned with propaganda. I would give it more ratings if not that...

signsoflife
signsoflife December 19, 2025
★ 7/10

The truly outstanding aspect of this show was its cinematography. Hands down a beautifully shot series. It is intrinsic to the psychological game it plays, as the viewer's perspectives move, expand and retract with the position of the characters and their own perspectives reflected in the camera lens and it almost makes of cold blooded murder something cozy. Other than that, it unfortunately falls by its own weight. There's nothing crazy, much less innovative about the story's development, it's a cliché murder mystery that depicts the consequence of taunting with humanity's darkest desires. Some characters go underutilized, while others supply nothing. I have to specially commend the female characters that, aside from Danes, we see so little of despite being instrumental to the characterization (like Shelley), or to the storyline (like Nina). I wish we could've seen far more interact…

Marco-Hugo Landeta Vacas
Marco-Hugo Landeta Vacas December 22, 2025
★ 9/10

(CASTELLANO) Hay miniseries que juegan a ser “thriller correcto” y ya. Esta no. Esta va a morder, y lo hace desde el minuto uno con una energía rara, incómoda, como si te estuvieran mirando desde una ventana que no sabías que existía. Me la he tragado con gusto porque no se conforma con intrigar: te mete en una espiral de sospecha, obsesión y paranoia que cuesta soltar. El gran gancho es el duelo. Claire Danes está en ese punto en el que parece que se rompe, pero a la vez controla la escena con la mandíbula apretada. Y Matthew Rhys… madre mía. Aquí está desquiciado, sí, pero lo peor (lo mejor) es que no lo interpreta como un payaso. Lo hace peligroso de verdad: alguien que puede ser encantador dos segundos y, al tercero, darte mal cuerpo. Esa mezcla de carisma y amenaza es gasolina pura para una historia así. Lo que más me ha gustado es lo retorcida que es sin ne…