The Beast Must Die (1974)

An Amicus offering, but not a multiple story film. Calvin Lockhart plays Tom Newcliffe, a rich playboy who enjoys hunting. He assembles a group of people at his remote mansion and tells them that one of them is a werewolf and he plans to hunt it down. Coming across as a hybrid of horror and Agatha Christie-type whodunnit and we are challenged at the beginning to discover who the werewolf is before the film reveals all. There is even a 'werewolf break' near the end giving you 30 seconds to make your guess. Of course it can only be a guess as there isn't the customary clues tp point out exactly who it is, it really could be anyone, there are some red herrings thrown in, however, to make try and make you pick the wrong one. It lacks pace, contains many plot holes and doesn't answer a lot of the questions, we, as the detective, raise. The werewolf looks like a shaggy dog which never offers anything in the way of thrills. It's a shame, for it's a decent idea but seems to have been made in haste. But with Peter Cushing, Charles Gray, Michael Gambon in the cast, it's a fun romp nonetheless.