Horror RomCom ‘Your Monster’ Heads to Max Later This Month

Melissa Barrera (Scream VI, Abigail) stars in the horror romcom Your Monster, and it’s making its way to streaming just ahead of the most romantic holiday of the year: Valentine’s Day.

Look for Your Monster to arrive exclusively on Max on January 24. The film will debut on HBO linear on January 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Kayla Foster, Meghann Fahy, Brandon Victor Dixon, Ike Ufomadu, and Lana Young also star in the film from writer and director Caroline Lindy. 

Here’s the full official plot synopsis:

“Your Monster tells the story of the soft-spoken actor Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) while recovering from surgery and retreats to her childhood home to recover. With her future looking bleak, insult is added to injury when Laura discovers her ex is staging a musical that she helped him develop.

“But out of these gut-wrenching life changes emerges a monster (Tommy Dewey) with whom she finds a connection, encouraging Laura to follow her dreams, open her heart, and fall in love with her inner rage.”