The Hair of the Beast (2010)

Name: The Hair of the Beast
Genre: Adventure, Action, Horror
Released: 2010-10-01

1h 32m

Running Time

Plot.

Takes place in 1665 in New France at a time when a part of Canada was colonialized by France. Joseph Côté escapes from a prison in order to avoid death by hanging. Moreover, while some colonial soldiers are chasing him, Joseph takes the identity of a Jesuit and hides in the seigneury of Beaufort where most men are waiting for "daughters of the king." (French women who were sent to Canada in order to find a husband.) At night, Joseph finds out that there are werewolves that terrorize the village. Besides, things get complicated when he falls in love with Marie Labotte, a "daughter of the king" that no one wants to marry. All in all, by simply trying to protect his life and Marie's, Joseph will end up fighting against the werewolves.

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Details.

Release Date
October 1, 2010

Original Name
Le poil de la bête

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 32m

Genres
Adventure Action Horror

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

The Hair of the Beast (French: Le Poil de la bête) is a Canadian comedy horror film, directed by Philippe Gagnon and released in 2010.

Set in colonial New France in the 1660s, the film stars Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Joseph Côté, a man who has escaped from prison after being sentenced to death for a crime; hiding out in Beauport after taking on the identity of a Jesuit priest, he falls in love with Marie Labotte (Viviane Audet), a fille du roy whom nobody else wants to marry, while simultaneously discovering that he is the only one who can battle the werewolves who terrorize the community at night.

The cast also includes Gilles Renaud, Patrice Robitaille, Antoine Bertrand, Marc Beaupré, Marie-Chantal Perron, Sébastien Huberdeau, Mirianne Brûlé, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Martin Dubreuil, Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Patrick Drolet, Benoît McGinnis, Michel Barrette, Isabeau Blanche, Étienne Pilon and Virginie Morin.