The Beast Must Die

1974

Action / Horror / Mystery

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 44% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 36% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 4627 4.6K

Director

Top cast

Marlene Clark as Caroline Newcliffe
Eric Carte as 2nd Hunter
Charles Gray as Bennington
Tom Chadbon as Paul Foote
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855.05 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.55 GB
1792*1072
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ct_galvin 5 / 10

The beast must die...sigh

what a great idea. badly executed. the best big game hunter in the world tries to kill a werewolf. seems to me like he was one of the worst shots, let alone one of the worst hunters in the world. not once did he use his skills, relying on everyone else around him to do the work for him, and he could just walk in for the kill. wheres the honour in killing your foe with a machine gun? i sat and watched as a film i'd wanted to see went plodding along until the end(though the ending was quite good). a weak film with some 'jazzy' music. what would terence fisher have done with it? made it fun at least. for once, a remake might do this idea justice. and make it scary this time, darnit!
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Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Good film about werewolves produced by Amicus and as secondary the great Peter Cushing

The film concerns on Tom Newcliff (Calvin Lockhart) , a wealthy businessman , great hunter and sportsman living with his wife (M.Clark) and his foreman (Anton Driffing) at a luxurious mansion . He has pursued and hunted all kind species with exception a werewolf . Thus , he invites a group of six men (Peter Cushing , Charles Gray , Michael Gambon..) and women related with weird killings about the eating of human flesh and nobody can leave the location . One of the occupants turns into werewolf at the full moon and stricken a rare pollen flower . Then , he undergoes a dental and hirsute transformation at night and going on a murderous rampage every time the moon is full . Tom investigates the guest who converts in night beast and trying to chase him , increasing his enormous collection at his isolated lodge .

The movie is a detective story in which you are the detective . The question is not ¨who is the murder¨? but ¨Who is the werewolf¨? . After all the clues have been shown we will get a chance to give your answer . The picture is a crossover of Blaxexploitation's protagonists , Agatha Christie whodunit (Ten little Indians) , horror mythic about werewolves and even gimmicks -William Castle type- on its intervening period when give to public some seconds for resolving the strange enigma . The transformation of man into werewolf is simple without special effects . Calvin Lockhart as obstinate and relentless hunter is top-notch ; besides , being surrounded by a highly capable secondary cast . Special mention for Peter Cushing ,as always he is excellent as specialist of knowledge on Lycanthropy . The screenwriter provided a very serviceable and well-knit screenplay with suspense and tension , giving full rein to director Paul Annett's natural talent .

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