"Home of the Beast" is a movie with a simple plot. A little boy named Marx, in his lonely childhood, dreams of wandering to an unknown place and becoming a monster who cannot be named. The king leads the monsters to build the castle of their dreams. Those monsters are nothing special except for their size and strength. For example, one person puts on an oversized doll's coat, and the appearance is even a little rough.

The loneliness conveyed by the movie is just right, and the soundtrack of the movie plays a big role. Marx’s sister has her own classmates but doesn’t play with Marx. Marx can only get everyone’s attention through those small mischiefs, deliberately dirtying her sister’s room, damaging her photo frame, and deliberately standing on the dining table hoarse. Yelling, deliberately jumping around on the bed to annoy everyone. All these deliberately are that Marx is too lonely and wants a partner who can play and talk together, even if it is a monster that doesn't look very friendly and looks a bit ugly.

Marx’s mischief, I have done more or less when I was a kid. It’s not loneliness, but sometimes too much energy. It’s really itchy and forgetting the long memory. In exchange, it’s a curse from the parents or a slap in the face. . At that moment, I would cry loudly and vent all my grievances and dissatisfaction, and it would be fine. When I was a child, I was not alone, and there were always older sisters leading me to play.

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