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The Beast Must Die

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When big-game hunter Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) invites a group of people to stay at his estate, they expect a relaxing weekend. Instead, they arrive to learn he thinks one of them is a werewolf and that no one can leave until that person is exposed. Among the suspects are a piano player (Michael Gambon) and his girlfriend (Ciaran Madden), an archaeologist (Peter Cushing), a diplomat (Charles Gray) and an artist (Tom Chadbon), all of whom are subjected to a series of werewolf tests.
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Jeremiah Kipp Slant Magazine This B-movie werewolf tale from British horror studio Amicus was a blatant attempt to compete with their equally low-budget competitor AIP studios. Rated: 2/4 Jun 19, 2006 Full Review Sharai Bohannon Dread Central It is the right amount of fun, audacity, and danger. The body count is also surprisingly high when looking at it next to other titles you will have to fight the urge to compare it to. Rated: 3/5 Jul 10, 2025 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy There is the novelty of “The Werewolf Break.” Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 27, 2025 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film A real oddity, one of those curiosities which become landmarks in cinematic history. Rated: 3/5 Nov 15, 2022 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Awkwardly filmed variation on The Ten Little Indians. Rated: C Sep 25, 2022 Full Review Kimberly Pierce Ticklish Business Ultimately, this one just didnt quite work for me. Enough is going right to keep it from being a good-bad movie, but at the same time, the problems with the construction keep it from being a truly good movie. Rated: 3/5 May 1, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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B P ‘The Beast Must Die’ Is A Fun Werewolf Whodunnit Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/11/25 Full Review Michael C Piece of Crap movie!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/15/25 Full Review Logan M Though ‘The Beast Must Die' may seem silly, and maybe it is, it is also a great mystery-action-thriller, and a very fun time to rewatch on Halloween. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This is really the best whodunit werewolf horror film ever made. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/19/22 Full Review dave s In The Beast Must Die, a wealthy Brit invites a group of individuals to his sprawling country estate for the weekend, advising them that the goal is to determine which of them is a werewolf. Yes, it is as stupid as it sounds. How does he know for certain that one of them is a werewolf? Could more than one be a werewolf? Is it fair to lock up a group of non-werewolves with a werewolf? And what gives him the right in the first place? On top of the idiocy of the premise, the production values are horrible. There are a bunch of poorly edited scenes of people running about in the woods. The music sounds like it's from a 70s porn film. The script is embarrassing and the performances are wooden. Avoid The Beast Must Die as studiously as you'd avoid a werewolf and you should be fine. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review R P Basic premise is a well trained and wealthy hunter invites 5 people to his mansion for the weekend. We learn that the hunter believes one of them is a werewolf and he plans on killing it. The cast of characters are the Hunter and his wife, a Professor, a married couple (a pianist and his ex-student), a diplomat, and an artist recently released from prison. (View the rest of the review here : foreverfinalgirl.com/the-beast-must-die-1974/ Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/07/21 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When big-game hunter Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) invites a group of people to stay at his estate, they expect a relaxing weekend. Instead, they arrive to learn he thinks one of them is a werewolf and that no one can leave until that person is exposed. Among the suspects are a piano player (Michael Gambon) and his girlfriend (Ciaran Madden), an archaeologist (Peter Cushing), a diplomat (Charles Gray) and an artist (Tom Chadbon), all of whom are subjected to a series of werewolf tests.
Director
Paul Annett
Production Co
Amicus Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 21, 2016
Runtime
1h 33m
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