“A Monster Calls,” based on the 2011 novel by Patrick ... Conor is visited each night by a large yew tree that transforms into a monster. “For the makeup, we tied in a lot of the beige ...

Channelling the dark fantasy vibes of Pan's Labyrinth (also on this list), J.A. Bayona's A Monster Calls tells the ... One night the yew tree behind his house comes to life and visits him ...

It’s about the spirit, and with the new film “A Monster Calls,” the filmmakers have ... and a graveyard with a giant, sheltering yew tree — which has now come to life in the form of ...

From "A Monster Calls" in Mamaroneck to "Amadeus" in Brewster ... His guidepost arrives in the form of a monster who is sometimes a yew tree. He could do a lot worse. The monster spins three ...

“The yew tree monster gets Conor to reveal his truth ... acting as Queen and Ayala Careme as Prince rehearse for “A Monster Calls” Tuesday at Midland Community Theatre.

Yet it is no dream when at 12:07 he is visited by a monster - the ancient yew tree Conor and his mum often ... underscore the work. A Monster Calls is theater at its best: a powerful story ...

A towering yew tree walks and talks. A nightmare manifests as a menacing, muttering crowd. A powerhouse ensemble conjures these eerie moments in “A Monster Calls,” the British stage adaptation ...

A monster calls, Rose Theatre Kingston ... onto by a thread and the only source of hope he can look to is a yew tree on a hill by the house, this yew tree eventually comes to life and claims ...

But Connor has a secret; he is befriended by an old yew tree which comes to life to ... a heart-breaking story of acceptance of loss. A Monster Calls is at the Sheffield Lyceum until Saturday ...

On the face of it Patrick Ness's 2011 classic teen novel A Monster Calls seems to be an unlikely candidate for a stage adaptation. It is, after all, about a giant ancient yew tree coming to life ...