Over the weekend, Universal’s creature feature Beast gobbled up $11.5 million at the domestic box office, but when will you be able to watch Idris Elba fight a lion at home?
Peacock sent out a press release teasing their upcoming arrivals for Halloween – including Halloween Ends on October 14! – and it’s worth noting that Beast is included in that list.
From Peacock’s press release this afternoon…
“Peacock’s Halloween Horror destination will feature more thrilling film arrivals leading into Halloween including new movies THE BLACK PHONE and BEAST coming straight from theaters along with other horror films streaming on Peacock including original film THEY/THEM from Blumhouse along with YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT, SEPARATION from director William Brent Bell, and some of the most iconic horror franchises of all time including CHUCKY, SAW, HALLOWEEN, TREMORS, and PHANTASM, plus many more titles to be announced.”
The new streaming window for Universal films arriving on Peacock is 45 days, which means you can probably expect Beast to head home on Peacock sometime in early October.
In Beast, “A recently widowed man (Idris Elba) and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.”
Baltasar Kormákur (Everest, Adrift) directed Beast for Universal Pictures. Based on an idea by Jaime Primak-Sullivan, Ryan Engle (Rampage) wrote the script.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her 3-star review for Bloody Disgusting (read it here), “Beast may not bite as hard as it’d like, but it’s entertaining enough while it lasts.”
Idris Elba as Nathan in Beast, directed by Baltasar Kormákur.