World wide release May 20th, 2022. Click the link to pre-order now!
synopsis
Many documentaries have been made about chronic illnesses, even Lyme Disease. For this reason we wanted to create something unique and unconventional. Filmmakers have shown up to the homes of people sick with various diseases to film, interview and show the world what living with a disease can really be like. The Monster Inside Me goes a little deeper than that.
Lyme is a whole different animal primarily because doctors and the CDC don’t really recognize the chronic stages and neurological symptoms associated with the disease. Also, Lyme mimics 300 other diseases which only causes more confusion with unanswered questions.
Tony and Frances point the camera at themselves and show deep hidden layers of this disease to the world, both its physical as well as neurological aspects, especially when it comes to being in a relationship. They embark on a journey throughout the United States speaking with world renowned doctors and professionals that break down the disease in details.
However, as they peel more and more layers, they find out that Lyme Disease has something quite distinct: in the center of its sinister and ominous nature, some of its victims who sought treatment and kept fighting for their lives learned they developed a warrior like mentality and way of life that changed them drastically as well as those around them. This movie is about their stories as Tony and Frances pursued the truth, lies, darkness, healing and the beauty of Lyme Disease (if any exists).
And we captured it all for this documentary, The Monster Inside Me.