THE
BEAST MUST DIE-1974-In this Amicus production (at the the time Amicus
was the chief rival to Hammer) an eccentric millionaire Tom Newcliffe
(top billed Calvin Lockhart) gathers eight people to his estate
(which is wired with cameras and overseen by Anton Diffring). He
claims that one of them is a werewolf and plans to hunt it when one
of the guests transforms during an anticipated full moon. His lover
Caroline is played by Marlene Clark (who co-starred in GANJA AND HESS
the year before). Peter Cushing is featured as one of the eight, a
werewolf expert with a German accent. Charles Gray, Michael Gambon
and Ciaran Madden are also featured.
There's a lot of debating over
who is the werewolf while Newcliffe waits for the chance to hunt down
his prey. The werewolf this time
however is an animal not the usual man in make-up wolf. Near the end
a clock appears on the screen to give viewers the chance to decide
who is the wolf. It's based on a novel by James Blish.
Director Paul Arnett did mostly BBC TV before and after this.
Cushing was in no less than 7 films in 1974
including MADHOUSE (with Vincent Price) and LEGEND OF THE SEVEN
GOLDEN VAMPIRES.
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