The Bray Road Beast is a 2005 independent horror film written and directed by Leigh Scott. It is loosely based on the urban legend of the Bray Road Beast, a purported werewolf-like creature sighted near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, along Bray Road, starting in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The film follows a group of teenagers who venture out to Bray Road in search of the creature, documenting their experience with a video camera. As they investigate the local legends, they encounter something far more sinister than they anticipated. The movie utilizes a found-footage style of filmmaking.
While the film uses the Bray Road Beast as its central monster, it takes significant creative liberties with the original folklore. The movie is considered a low-budget horror film and is not a documentary or a direct retelling of the actual reported sightings. Reviews of the film generally focus on its low production value and reliance on horror tropes.
