Le mystère de la bête humaine

Original title: The Beast Must Die

1974
PG
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

4.4K

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Peter Cushing, Michael Gambon, Tom Chadbon, Marlene Clark, Anton Diffring, Charles Gray, Calvin Lockhart, and Ciaran Madden in Le mystère de la bête humaine (1974)

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Werewolf Horror Whodunnit Horror Mystery

Eight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?Eight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?Eight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

4.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Butler
(as Sam Mansaray)

Andrew Lodge

Pilot

Carl Bohen

1st Hunter
(as Carl Bohun)

Eric Carte

2nd Hunter

Valentine Dyall

Narrator of the Werewolf Break
(voice)
(uncredited)

Dennis Plenty

Hunter
(uncredited)

Annie Ross

Caroline Newcliffe
(voice)
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Despite writer / director Paul Annett's objections, producer Milton Subotsky (who hated this film) insisted on the "Werewolf Break" gimmick, where the viewer was invited to guess who the werewolf is.

Goofs
When the alarm shows that the werewolf has left the estate and is prowling in the forest, Tom has his surveillance expert help him track the beast. He could have taken a few seconds to look in on all the guests via the spy cameras to see which one was missing from their room and so discover the werewolf's identity, but this does not seem to even occur to him.

Quotes
Narrator of the Werewolf Break: This film is a detective story - in which you are the detective. The question is not "Who is the murderer?", but "Who is the werewolf?" After all the clues have been shown, you will get a chance to give your answer. Watch for the Werewolf Break.

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[at the beginning of the film, with narration] This film is a detective story - in which you are the detective. The question is not "Who is the murderer?", but "Who is the werewolf?" After all the clues have been shown, you will get a chance to give your answer. [said but not written on-screen, directly after the above quote] Watch for the Werewolf Break.

Alternate versions
Also released on home video as "Black Werewolf" without the Werewolf Break in it.

Connections
Edited into The Gentle Touch: Melody (1980)

Soundtracks
Moonlight Sonata
(uncredited)
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Arranged by Douglas Gamley

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Featured review

7/10

Well-made werewolf movie deserves to be better known

Others commenting here seem to have been distracted by the "game" aspect of the movie, which was, of course, a gimmick added after the movie was finished.

Although the story really required a larger budget, this well-cast, intelligent horror thriller is well worth watching. The story is reasonably suspenseful, the direction good enough most of the time, and it is unusual in depicting the central villain as someone who LOVES being a werewolf. It's based on a good novel, which was given reasonably respectful treatment.