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The Beast Must Die (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1974 / Director: Paul Annett / Actors: Peter Cushing, Calvin Lockhart ... / DVD ... more
The Beast Must Die (DVD) ... released 18 October, 2004 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: PAL

Newest Review: ... Who is the werewolf? After all the clues have been shown you will get a chance to give your answer." Agatha Christie ... more

 ... meets Shaft meets The Most Dangerous Game meets James Bond meets a daft low-budget Amicus film in this cult horror offering that, while very enjoyable on the whole, never quite lives up to its interesting and clever premise. After the initial opening narration The Beast Must Die begins with some wonderfully funky seventies music courtesy of the always dependable Douglas Gamely and sweeping overhead shots of isolated countryside. Calvin Lockhart, wearing the first in a succession of slightly camp tight outfits that ...more

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The Beast Must Die [DVD] [1974]
Release Date: 2004 - 10 - 18, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,
Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45
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Jake+Speed
Crowned Review The Beast Must Die (DVD): A Midsummer Night's Werewolf Caper (1199 words)
by - written on 24/08/09 (Very useful, 112 readings)
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The Beast Must Die is camp 1974 British horror film from Amicus Productions directed by Paul Annett and based on James Blish's story There Shall Be No Darkness. In the film wealthy playboy, philanthropist and big game hunter Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) invites, as you do, an eclectic group of people to his gigantic country mansion convinced that one of them is a werewolf. The mansion is fitted with a high-tech closed-circuit television surveillance system with numerous security cameras controlled by employee Pavel (Anton Diffring). Once the werewolf duly reveals his or her self Newcliffe plans to shoot the biggest game of all with his hunting rifle and add it to his ...  Read the complete review

hogsflesh
Crowned Review A bit like Cluedo, but with a werewolf (1409 words)
by - written on 10/04/03 (Very useful, 143 readings)
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In the 60s the British more or less ruled the world of horror films. With Hammer churning out Draculas and Frankensteins like no one's business, and Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee lending their classy presence to many a lurid gothic melodrama, things were pretty good. Unfortunately, by the time the 70s came round, British horror was running out of steam. There was a new trend in American horror, bleak and nihilistic, which came from films like Night of the Living Dead or Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Next to that kind of thing the stuffy, patriarchal world of Hammer, with its quaint Victoriana and ageing stars and producers, started to look less and less relevant. Add ...  Read the complete review

moronboy
Premium Review The Beast Must Die (DVD): Funk howl brother (208 words)
by - written on 01/08/00 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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One of a very select bunch of blaxploitation horror movies (a list that also includes the mighty 'Blacula' and it's funky sequel 'Scream Blacula Scream'), 'The Beast Must Die' sees Calvin Lockhart chewing the furniture as a great black game hunter with his sights set on more unusual prey - a werewolf. Having convinced himself that among his acquaintances is a werewolf, he assembles them at his mansion for one final hunt. Obviously the assembled guests end up as wolf-meat one by one, as Lockhart's detective work isn't as flash as his flares, but nevertheless, the hunt continues. Encouraging us to join in, the film opens with an ...  Read the complete review

marklane
Premium Review Not for Kids (240 words)
by - written on 07/02/01 (Useful, 27 readings)
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I first watched this film when I was about 10 years old. My friend had secretly recorded it one night and invited me round to watch. Films like these are not considered to be scary, but when you are ten things are very different and maybe thats why I have always liked it. It's a shame this film has not been remade because the actual idea was a very good one. Maybe it has and I have never heard of it. All about a hunter who has hunted all over the world and killed just about every animal you can think of. Obviously he is now bored and so he invites a load of unsuspecting people round to visit his stately manor(had to be). The snag is one of the visitors is a ...  Read the complete review

 
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