Faecal Beast

Directed by Thomas Laurance

After a day of boozing and cruising, narrowboat novice and his craggy, veteran ‘engine whisperer’ regale Gabe’s uptight school friend with a litany of toilet horror stories that draw a stark line between the haves and the have nots on the London canals. Faecal Beast is a scatological comedy that gleefully punctures landlubbers’ romantic notions of boat life and pays loving homage to Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’. You’ll never go up the canal again!

Country: United Kingdom

Writer(s): Thomas Laurance

Producer(s): Thomas Laurance

Composer(s): Dominic de Grande

Cast: Jonathan Cobb - Gabe, Mathew Ovens - Harry, Andrew Broadhurst – Fred

Genres: Comedy, horror

Aspect Ratio: 2.35

Original Release Date: 2026-05-08

Sales Pitch: ‘Faecal Beast’ is a scatological comedy about gentrification and constipation on the London canals. A combination of ‘Withnail and I’, ‘Jaws’, and THAT bedsheet scene in 'Trainspotting', ‘Faecal Beast’ is for fans of cockney rhyming slang, the 70's widescreen aesthetic and crude toilet humour.

External Links: https://thomaslaurance.com/FAECAL-BEAST

Thomas Laurance

Thomas Laurance is the director of the feature documentaries 'William Laurance and Sons Marine Engineers' (2014) and 'On Our Doorstep' (2023). He also directed and starred in the animated comedy short Tortured Artist (2024), which won 'Most Distasteful Subject Matter' at Cabane A Sang 2025. Tom is also a founding member of Another Motion Picture Company - an independent production company that focusses on comedy and horror.