Private Project

The Monster Beneath Us

Yorkshire, 1898. A grieving woman and her son move back to the unoccupied house of her ex husband, recently found dead, but they discover that they are not alone inside the house.

  • Sophie Osbourne
    Director
    Tale of the Forest Unicorn
  • Sophie Osbourne
    Writer
    Tale of the Forest Unicorn
  • Becca Hirani
    Producer
    A Woman Scorned
  • Edward Lui
    Producer
    Those of Us
  • Becca Hirani
    Key Cast
    "Lady Grace Abbington"
    Unhinged, Punch, The Bad Nun
  • Jack Forsyth-Noble
    Key Cast
    "Lord James Abbington"
    Doctor Who, Life After Life, Descarrilados
  • Nicola Wright
    Key Cast
    "Mrs Gray"
    Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, Bambi: The Reckoning, Malpractice
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Horror, Drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 43 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sophie Osbourne

Sophie Osbourne is a writer and director based in London; she graduated from Drama Centre London with a Masters in Dramatic Writing in 2020. Since then, she has written and produced a collection of showreels, short films and plays including Chef in the Cage and Schrodinger's Baby, which premiered at the Golden Goose theatre in London in 2022. The Monster Beneath Us is Sophie’s debut as a writer-director.

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Director Statement

"The Monster Beneath Us" is a slow-burn gothic horror set in the wilds of Yorkshire in 1898. The film explores themes of isolation, otherness and loss, with its monster - a Boggart - being an allegory for grief and the different ways we deal with this overwhelming emotion. Over the course of the film, our characters react to the Boggart in a variety of ways (for example, befriending it, ignoring it, fighting it) which drives their individual narratives and creates conflict, moments of fright and ultimately, our final showdown. We chose Yorkshire as the story’s (and filming) location to showcase the amazing landscape and filming potential of this part of the UK; as filming took place in the middle of January, the countryside also acted as the perfect, icy backdrop to bring our dark and gloomy project to life.