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Kurt Sutter will be writing, directing and producing period horror film The Beast for Blumhouse, which will mark his theatrical debut as director.

According to Deadline, The Beast is set in an 18th century English village which is under siege from y a mysterious and elusive beast. Dozens of innocents are slaughtered and the mayhem is driven to puritanical heights by religious fanaticism. The impossible task of killing the beast falls to a lowly trapper who promises he can stop the carnage. But for him this is a deeply personal mission.

The story is loosely based on The Beast of Gévaudan, a true story about a mysterious beast that terrorized a French village in the 1760s.

“Bringing my disturbing, familial story sensibility into the Blumhouse world just seemed like something that had to happen,” Sutter said. And This Beast is the perfect project for that marriage. And Netflix is the perfect venue for that bloody ceremony.”

“We’ve long been fans of Kurt and his unparalleled storytelling — that’s both visceral and packs an emotional punch,” Blum added. “We’re excited that Blumhouse is producing his first feature for Netflix.”