A Bring Out the GIMP (Girls in Merciless Peril) Movie Review


The Beast Within

Reviewed by John Galt


The Beast Within (1982)

Starring Bibi Besch (in her only nude scene according to Mr Skin), who gets raped by an insect-man creature, and Katherine Moffat (who has never done a nude scene according to Mr Skin, so he missed one or this is a body double), who gets raped by the insect-man creature's insect-man creature son. Both of the rapes take place in dark woods, so the scenes are dark with lots of annoying shadows in just the right places. But still there is nice nudity.

About 6:00 minutes into the movie, Bibi Besch's character, Caroline, wanders away from the car in the middle of nowhere and is stalked by the creature through the woods. She starts to run, runs into a tree, and knocks herself unconscious. About 6:39 minutes in, the creature slowly stalks up to her prone body, roughly kicks her legs apart (that's a nice touch), and tears open her blouse to reveal her breasts. Next scene we see her body fall back, as if the creature had just ripped off her clothes with enough force to lift her body and then let her drop back onto the ground. Then we watch the upper part of her body in profile (nice boobage) as it moves back and forth, presumably from the creature thrusting into her.

Bibi Besch Boffed By Bugman
Bibi Besch Boffed By Bugman
Bibi Besch Boffed By Bugman
Bibi Besch Boffed By Bugman

That's about it, except for the discovery of her unconscious nude body by her husband.

Bibi Besch Boffed By Bugman

The next rape takes place 17 years later, although it is only about 1:32:00 minutes into the flick. This time it is young and delectable Katherine Moffat, playing Amanda. (If it is a body double I don't really care because it is a nice body either way.) She has been in an accident and when she regains consciousness, she sees the insect-man creature and runs screaming through the woods, falls down a few times and finally knocks herself out. At 1:33:05 minutes in, the creature finds her, reaches down to grab her dress neckline, and rips it downward as the scene cuts away. Maybe this is where the body double came in. Next scene the creature finishes ripping the dress to reveal her naked upper torso, then rips it away more to reveal her panties, then takes both hands and rips her panties down and off. (Crotch is in shadow.)

Katherine Moffat's Turn
Katherine Moffat's Turn
Katherine Moffat's Turn
Katherine Moffat's Turn

The creature climbs on top of her and rapes her. She wakes up once and screams, then faints again. That's it until the search party finds her unconscious fully naked body, covered in shadow and dirt.

Katherine Moffat's Turn
Katherine Moffat's Turn

I liked both of these scenes primarily because of the build-up. Raping unconscious girls doesn't make for the best rape scenes, I know. But still, I thought the scenes were memorable. The movie is enjoyable 80's-era horror movie fare, although it has a high camp factor.

The Beast Within gets a B- for the brief and almost-too-dark rape scene of Bibi Besch, but a B for the rape of the much cuter Katherine Moffat. The movie is not bad in a Sci-Fi "B" movie sort of way, but those are the only notable GIMP scenes.


My Grade: B

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