The Beast Must Die is a 1974 horror film directed by Paul Annett. The screenplay was written by Michael Winder, based on the short story "There Shall Be No Darkness" by James Blish. The film starred Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Michael Gambon, Charles Gray, Anton Diffring, Ciaran Madden, and Tom Chadbon. The millionaire Tom Newcliffe invites a group of people to spend some time in his mansion, along with his wife Caroline where he reveals that one of them is a werewolf, and therefore must be killed. The group is composed of: They all stay in the mansion where they are... submitted to various tests to force them to transform into a werewolf. The entire house is under surveillance by Tom and Pavel , who doesn't believe in werewolves. The only way to determine the identity of the werewolf is submitting the one to the full moon while the wolfsbane is mixed in the air. Tom makes them grab silver objects to provoke allergic reactions, but this proves unsuccessful. One night, Pavel is killed by the werewolf, which makes Tom more and more obsessive in finding the werewolf, driving his wife crazy.
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| Release date: | April 1974 |
| Directed by: | Paul Annett |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky |
| Music by: | Douglas Gamley |
| Cinematography: | Jack Hildyard |
| Screenplay by: | Michael K. Winder, Scott Finch, Paul Annett |
| Adapted from: | There Shall Be No Darkness |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |