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1974 Certificate 15
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Wealthy businessman and skilled huntsman, Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) summons a selection of guests to his home for the weekend, one of whom is a werewolf with a taste for blood. It's up to the others to seek out the monster before the full moon reveals the culprit. Featuring a 30 second "guess who" sequence allowing the .. Read more

Starring Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing, Herbert Lomas, Calvin Lockhart
Director Roy Ward Baker, Freddie Francis, Peter Duffell
Genres Horror, Thriller

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The Beast Must Die

Wealthy businessman and skilled huntsman, Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) summons a selection of guests to his home for the weekend, one of whom is a werewolf with a taste for blood. It's up to the others to seek out the monster before the full moon reveals the culprit. Featuring a 30 second "guess who" sequence allowing the viewer to consider the evidence.

Starring Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing, Herbert Lomas, Calvin Lockhart, Anton Diffring, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Ursula Howells, Max Adrian, Roy Castle, Christopher Lee, Nyree Dawn Porter, Britt Ekland
Director Roy Ward Baker, Freddie Francis, Peter Duffell
Studio ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Horror, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 01 Dec 2003
Production year: 1974
Format DVD

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  • 1 stars out of 4

    A savage variation on Ten Little Indians (qv), not badly done, with such gimmicks as a 'guess who' break near the end.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 11 Mar 2008

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Where wolf? There wolf!

    Ha ha, what a great film! I remember being scared by this when I was younger and saw it on TV.

    A millionnaire gathers a few people together at his swanky mansion, one of them is a werewolf - it's up to you to guess - there's even a werewolf break towards the end of the film where you get the chance.

    The film's got funky '70s music, a great atmosphere. Ahhh, they don't make 'em like they used to!!

      • MichaelN from London
      • Posted 17 Oct 2005 13:03

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Fairly laughable, but at the same time quite enjoyable

    I wouldn't want to recommend this film to anyone. I gave it 3 stars out of 5 though because, despite its faults (most of which come from it being fairly old) it is still an enjoyable film, one that I don't feel I wasted the last 90 minutes of my life on. For anyone with a taste for bad old horror films, this is one to watch with mates for a laugh, or alone when you've got nothing better to do. And well... watch out for the great werewolf effects!

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      Wealthy businessman and skilled huntsman, Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) summons a selection of guests to his home for the weekend, one of whom is a werewolf with a taste for blood. It's up to the others to seek out the monster before the full moon reveals the culprit. Featuring a 30 second "guess ...