Melissa Barrera stars in Your Monster, which has set a streaming date exclusively for Max. The horror romcom comes to Max January 24.

In the film, which is based on Caroline Lindy’s 2019 short film, “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.”

Along with Barrera, Kayla Foster, Meghann Fahy, Brandon Victor Dixon, Ike Ufomadu, and Lana Young also star. Producers include Kayla Foster, Shannon Reilly, Melanie Donkers, and Kira Carstensen.