As Lorry Kikta of Film Threat wrote in the review of the movie “Beast Mode,” “If you love a good, silly horror comedy with a heart of gold, this is right up your alley, and you should check it out.”
‘Beast Mode is a 2020 American Comedy Horror set in Los Angeles, California, and the United States of America, directed by Chris W. Freeman and Spain Willingham. It was written by the trio Chris W. Freeman, Spain Willingham, and Drew Fortune, who did an amazing job in creating a gory horror and campy comedy.
The independently produced comedy-horror film Beast Mode is hysterically amusing. Hollywood is seeing a sharp downturn as everyone tries to advance in a world of self-centered filmmakers. Throughout the production, a number of well-known actors make appearances. Many of the actors have quite hammy approaches to playing their various characters. The exaggeration is clear to see.
These quotes will get you going…
The movie is primarily a comic examination of Hollywood’s seedy underworld. We start to lose track of how the various subplots—magic, extortion, retaliation, stoned police officers, etc.—may be related. Additionally, most jokes are oversold because they are generally performed too widely. The criticisms of the entertainment industry are not particularly original, and much of the humor is crude.
There is a lot of blood, yet there isn’t any tension or fear. The narrative explores the personal and professional lives of Hollywood celebrities. Beast Mode demonstrates how many Hollywood actors and actresses are ostensibly brutally selfish. Greed is not typically considered to be a bad trait. The Hollywood lifestyle has a tendency to corrupt the easily influenced.
‘Beast Mode’ has quotes that give us insights into the nature of human beings and who they really are underneath. Human beings can be good or evil; it’s up to their inner conscience, which makes them better people, which depends on their experiences. Following are some of the quotes from the movie:
1. “What is below will be revealed, what is inside will be outside.” -Beast Mode
The movie starts with a woman making n elixir portion with a flower brought by a small boy named Ezequil for his sister as she has disfigured face. She was chanting something while making this elixir cream, after which her daughter’s face became clear with the first application of the cream. At the same time, some bandits appear for the elixir and kill the woman and the daughter by saying that she is a witch and wants to get hold of the elixir cream made from the blessed flower.
At the time of dying, she said these words in a foreign language to the bandits while he was applying the elixir cream on his face. Later on, Ezequil says this dialogue in English when Breen comes to him for the cream. He warned Breen and said these lines, which have greater depth than Breen or anyone could understand at that point in time. This line reveals the fact about the cream that whatever the person is from inside will come from the outside also.
If the person has a good heart, then he will be unchanged, but if there is jealousy, hatred, and heinous, then the person becomes a monster. As everyone has both good and evil sides inside them, good should overpower evil to become a better person.
2. “Everyone sucks. I don’t even wanna get up.” -Beast Mode
The speaker of this line is Breen Nash, who is the producer of the worst movie ever, ‘Gods of Pluto’ and also the main protagonist of the movie. Breen hates his life to the core. He only feels good when he is with his dog, Beez (Whippet). His executive producer doesn’t like him very much and thinks of him as an irresponsible and incapable producer. He always curses him whenever they both talk.
His girlfriend of two months, who is very beautiful, was also cheating on him with his client and actor, Huckle Saxton, also known as Bad Boy. There are two times when Breen says that he hates his life because of all the people around him and what he is experiencing on a daily basis.
3. “You do not want to get on my bad side.” -Beast Mode
Scram Putoff, who was the executive producer of the movie “Beast Mode,” says this line to Breen Nash. Breen was convincing Scram that he and Huckle would be there tomorrow for the meeting with Pish, who was their finance producer. Scram doesn’t like Breen and curses him every time and says that he tolerates him because Huckle wants to work in the movie ‘Beast Moon.’
Breen assures him that they will be there tomorrow, but Scram tells him not to get on his bad side. Otherwise, he would lose everything. Scram is a powerful person who has many resources in Hollywood, and as an aspiring producer, Breen should not get on his bad side; otherwise, he would make his career even before it rises.
4. “If I make this call, there’s no turning back.” -Beast Mode
Breen goes to the makeup artist, Zelda Zine, for the makeup of the doppelganger of Huckle Saxton, who had facial scars on his face which could not be covered through the camera. Zelda told him that she couldn’t help but know someone who could help. She mentioned Trammel Steadfast, a psycho makeup artist who had attached his crew and jumped off the bridge and died. She warned him in this line about the step that he was going to take.
In this line, she is warning him of the consequences which can happen, and there will be no turning back if she makes this call as it can’t be undone. If the call is made and help is taken, then there will be no turning back to the old times.
5. “You are what you are and will become what you are, no matter what you think you are.” -Beast Mode
When Breen goes to take the cream that heals all marks from an unknown contractor, this contractor seems to be Ezequil, the boy who survived after his mother and sister died of bandits, which reveals that the cream is from the blessed flower. Ezequil warns Breen about the cream and the side effects of using the cream in a riddle which Breen doesn’t understand at all.
The line is an anaphora of ‘you and unfolds that the person is not what they think they are but what they truly are from the inside. Sometimes it happens that people are badly natured to people, but from inside, they are kind and good. Some people believe they are good, but they are actually bad people underneath their masks.
6. “The flower doesn’t sacrifice its life to heal. It does so to cleanse.” -Beast Mode
The speaker of this line is Ezequil, who says these lines to Breen when he goes to return the cream after knowing the truth about the cream. Ezequil refused to take back the cream and told him that it didn’t work like that. For making the cream that heals the scars, it’s being lucked, which means the flower is scarifying itself for someone who is in need.
The flower is sacrificing itself not only to remove the scars and healing properties but also to clean the world. Once the cream is applied, the flower judges it from the inside, whether the person is good or evil. And if the person is evil, then they are turned into monsters which are later killed by Ezequil to purify the world.
7. “They turned into monsters because they are monsters.” -Beast Mode
When Breen enquired Ezequil about him knowing about the cream changed people into bloodthirsty monsters, to which Ezequil said these lines. According to him, people are already monsters who hide their true nature inside the face mask. He believes that cream only works on those who are bad enough to be turned into the person.
If people have well in them, then the effect of the cream disappears with time which can be seen when Michael doesn’t turn into a monster at the end of the movie. Michael has good in him, which stops cream from working, but the people have jealousy and hatred inside their hearts never come back to normal once they become a monster.
8. “Stamp out the evil you have unleashed or become a part of it.” -Beast Mode
Ezequil said these lines to Breen when Breen came to him to return the cream. He saw the mark of the cream on his hand, which was spilled on his hand while he was moving the cream. He warns Breen about the cream and tells him to accept who he really is and unleash the bad part of him. If he has done evil things, then he should accept the fact and move on with living.
He tells him either to accept the fact that he is going to become the monster that he really is or to unleash all his bad thoughts, greed, and jealousy.
9. “Either you help people in this life, or you harm them.” -Beast Mode
The speaker of this line is Ezequil. He says this when Breen comes to Ezequil with the intention of returning the cream back to him. Ezequil says to him that people are monsters, and that’s why they are turning into one. If they had been good, they wouldn’t have been changed. Their good would have fought with the evil. He marks the end of his discussion with Breen with this, asking him to make a choice between helping people and harming them.
He can help people with the goodness he has in him and also can harm people with the evil that is inside him. This can also be taken from another point of view; we human beings can either help each other out in many ways or can harm each other.
10. “And that was the beginning of the end.” -Beast Mode
The aspiring producer of Breen went in search of Trammel Steadfast, the psycho makeup who attacked his crew and died by jumping off the bridge. He found his address and went there to talk to him about the antidote of the cream. After listening, Trammel told him about the healing cream, which he himself witnessed the healing powers of cream during a shaman’s healing ceremony disclosing the fact that he was the one who was saved.
He looked great, so he synthesized the cream under the name MASQ which rose to great heights, increasing the number of monsters along with it. This was the line that Trammel said to the aspiring producer who came to get the antidote and information about the cream. His career began to reach new heights when he discovered the true nature of the cream and what it does to the people, which marked the end of his career and his life.
He had to fake his own death. To escape from all the things. And live peacefully away from the maddening crowd.
11. “Celebrity is a mask; it fattens the ego, eats the soul, until one day you wake up and can’t take it off.” -Beast Mode
Trammel Steadfast said this line at the end of the meeting. With the aspiring producer who had come. To find information regarding the cream and its antidote. If there are any. He was a celebrity who only gave preference. To money and his face. Not to his nature as a human being. All that matters to him is face, money, and success.
As a celebrity who has now gone on the right path. He tells the true nature of who a celebrity is. Which the bitter truth to accept is. While acting, a celebrity incorporates the nature. Of the roles he or she plays into himself. Which leads to the closing. Of his or her own soul and nature. His fake acting starts coming as his own. And later on, he forgets. Who he really is until one day, he realizes. That he is more the same person as he used to be.
In the movie, Michael pretends to Huckle. Which changes his attitude. Somehow and triggers the flower to act. But as Michael accepts and remembers his older self, he becomes normal and does not change.
12. “Hollywood, where dreams are made, and hearts are broken.” -Beast Mode
The movie ends with this quote from Breen Nash. Who had come out of prison after 18 months. Because of his good behavior and acting lessons. For prisoners given him in prison. He is seen with his dog, Beez coming out of a car. And saying this line. This cline is the most famous. And has become a cliché with time. As Hollywood is known for the dreamers and hard workers.
Hollywood is a big platform. Where dreams are made by the people. And their dream comes true because of their nature and hard work. But not all people can make their place in Hollywood. Which can break their hearts. Hence, the movie ends with a quote. Related to the movie industry, which is shown is the whole movie. As the plot revolves around the concept of the movie and making, and the things beyond. The screenplay are shown with the true essence.
Hollywood is a place where many actors come daily. To make their dream come true. Some succeed in it. And some go to their homes with broken hearts.