Irish actor, Liam Neeson, portrays The Monster in the film adaptation of Patrick Ness's young adult novel A Monster Calls (2011). The Monster takes form as a yew tree that arrives nightly at a troubled young boy's window. At precisely 12:07, the tree appears and narrates fables to the boy in exchange for the boy's own stories. In doing so, Neeson's character helps the child cope with his sickly mother and world evils.

A Monster Calls premieres in the UK January 6 2017.

Check out the trailer below.