Beau is Afraid is a 2023 American surrealist tragicomedy horror film written, directed, and produced by Ari Aster. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix.
A reserved man who makes regular visits to a therapist to manage his anxiety finds himself challenged when he embarks on a tumultuous and emotional odyssey to get home to his mother.
Victims[]
- Unnamed Man - Committed suicide by jumping from a building off-screen, body seen.
- Three Unnamed People - Stabbed in the neck and gut by Birthday Boy Stab Man off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Man - Eyes gouged out by another unnamed man with his fingers.
- Raccoon - Cooked by an unnamed woman off-screen, body seen.
- Unnamed Man - Died of the toxin after being bitten in the neck by a brown spider off-screen, body seen.
- Unnamed Man - Stabbed to death by Birthday Boy Stab Man off-screen, body seen.
- Nathan - Killed while serving in the army off-screen, mentioned.
- Toni - Committed suicide by drinking a canister of blue paint.
- Gene - Drowned in a pool off-screen, body seen.
- Unnamed Man - Stabbed in the chest with a knife thrown by Jeeves.
- Strange Man - Blown up by Jeeves with a bomb.
- Two Unnamed People - Blown up by Jeeves with a bomb.
- Unnamed Man - Shot repeatedly in and through the chest by Jeeves with a machine gun.
- Elaine Bray - Died after Beau ejaculated into her during sexual intercourse.
- Martha - Decapitated by Mona with a chandelier on her orders off-screen, body seen.
- Jeeves - Stabbed in the top of the head by Beau's Father with one of his penis arms.
- Beau's Lawyer - Face impaled and crushed on a rock after being thrown from a balcony by one of Mona's henchmen, on her orders.
- Beau Wassermann - Drowned after his boat capsized when its motor was blown up by Mona, who refused to save him.
Deaths[]
- Total - 21
Kill Counts[]
- Jeeves - 5
- Birthday Boy Stab Man - 4
- Mona Wassermann - 3