“A Brilliant Monster” (*1/2 out of four) was a pointless melodrama about a best-selling writer (Dennis Friebe) who has a monstrous secret: all his ideas come from an otherworldly creature in his upstairs room to whom he feeds unsuspecting women who he lures to his house. Friebe (who looks like a psychotic Chris Pine) is creepy in the lead but film is stupid and ugly and (after a while) boring. It’s hard to believe a writer with this much fame could stay so anonymous but credibility and intelligence aren’t these films strong points.