Ten Minutes with Zoe Kazan

In The Monster, the new film from writer/director Bryan Bertino (The Strangers) that’s now in theaters an on VOD, Zoe Kazan brings both poignancy and ferocity to the role of a single mother who must protect herself and her daughter as a mysterious evil creature approaches. While The Monster is, as its name suggests, a horror film, many of the scares exist within a complex psychological profile. Kazan finds subtlety in a genre known for going over the top—her character addresses her