Beowulf's seemingly human lover is ultimately revealed to be Grendel's mother, a skin shifter whose real form is horned and fanged.

With Heorot saved from the menace of Grendel, Beowulf can finally leave and get back to adventuring. Except the night before he leaves, the king's advisor is abducted as revenge! Even something as ...

As the warriors sleep off their drunken celebration of Grendel’s defeat at Beowulf’s hands, Grendel’s mother shows up to avenge her son’s death in a surprise attack.

By transforming Grendel’s mother into a femme fatale seductress, they’ve found a way simultaneously to further demonstrate Beowulf’s flaws, give the female lead more dimensionality (albeit ...

Grendel limps back to his lair, where his mother — she has no name, so we’ll call her Grendma — watches him die. When Beowulf discovers the lair, Grendma reveals herself in the form of a ...

Grendel's mother attacks Beowulf, seeking to avenge the death of her son.

Beowulf in turn succumbs to the siren’s temptations and fifty years later he is confronted by the fire-breathing dragon, which is also his son by Grendel’s mother.

The Mere Wife is an eerie, playful reimagining of Beowulf for the suburbs In Beowulf, Grendel’s mother is a monster. The Mere Wife reimagines her as a soldier.

Like 300, Beowulf & Grendel Has a David vs. Goliath Narrative 300 searingly depicts the war to end all wars from the weaker side.

But Zemeckis has to use so many gimmicks to make sure not too much of Beowulf shows that the sequence becomes comical. And speaking of comical, there's Grendel's mother (Angelina Jolie).