The Beast in Me is a brand new Netflix thriller starring a pair of TV heavyweights in Claire Danes (Homeland) and Matthew Rhys (The People).

The eight-episode sequence, now streaming on Netflix, facilities on Danes' atrociously-named Aggie Wiggs, a author searching for a brand new topic. When Rhys' Nile Jarvis strikes in subsequent door, his darkish previous supplies ample grist for the mill. The "cat-and-mouse thriller" solely will get extra unnerving from there.

The story's nerve-shredding twists unfold in bucolic, prosperous environments, from placing manors to chilly cemeteries. Curious the place it was really shot? We've received you coated. Learn on to be taught extra about The Beast in Me's filming places.

Purple Financial institution, N.J.

A number of key scenes in The Beast in Me had been shot in Purple Financial institution, a borough in scenic Monmouth County, N.J. that's tucked alongside the Navesink River.

West Entrance Avenue, the place a number of native companies reside, was one filming location. A number of well-known companies acquired makeovers, per New Jersey 101.5. JR's Restaurant, for instance, was changed into "Roberto's Pizzeria." Above, you may see a clip of Danes filming a scene through which her character shatters its entrance window.

Monmouth County has confirmed a well-liked filming location lately, with Apple TV hit Severance and Kevin Smith's The 4:30 Film not too long ago taking pictures there.

You’ll be able to count on to see extra Netflix productions taking pictures in Monmouth County sooner or later, because the streamer is planning to construct a studio campus within the space, per the Asbury Park Press.

The Molly Pitcher Inn

Purple Financial institution's Molly Pitcher Inn and its sister resort, Oyster Level, additionally served as filming places, per the Asbury Park Press. Scenes had been shot within the eating room, ballroom, bar, and promenade wing.

The resorts may also be seen in 2023's Miranda's Sufferer and 2024's Imply Women.

West Orange, N.J.

Within the present, Aggie lives in Oyster Bay, an idyllic New York city close to the Lengthy Island Sound. That's not the place the sequence was filmed, nonetheless.

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In line with Atlas of Wonders, Aggie's sprawling house is a 4,700-square-foot, five-bedroom dwelling within the prosperous group of West Orange, N.J., which is a roughly 90-minute drive from the true Oyster Bay.

West Orange is only a hop, skip, and a leap away from each Newark, N.J., and New York Metropolis.

Newark and Jersey Metropolis, N.J.

Many scenes in The Beast in Me had been shot in and round Newark and Jersey Metropolis in Essex and Hudson counties, based on NJ.com.

Newark filming places included Independence Park, Distinctive Design Menswear, and the Nationwide Newark Constructing. Locals might also word Department Brook Park, which is dwelling to greater than 5,000 Japanese cherry blossom bushes.

These aware of Jersey Metropolis could acknowledge the Mana Modern cultural middle, Bibb’s Auto Recycling, and the Harborside 5 constructing on Hudson Avenue.

The place can I watch The Beast in Me?

The Beast in Me is now streaming on Netflix.

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