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The Beast Must Die
TiVo recorded this 1974 film for me, I had never seen it and thought it was a 'scream''. The lead was a wealthy man of color which seemed unusual for a film of that time period even the cover art usually shows Peter Cushing even though he was not the main character.
"Calvin Lockhart stars as Tom Newcliffe, a wealthy business tycoon with an obsession for big game hunting. Newcliffe has invited a group of friends and acquaintances to his sprawling country estate for what is assumed to be a pleasant weekend gathering. Soon enough, however, he reveals his intentions for assembling the group. It seems that each of the guests has a sordid secret in his or her past, and bad things tend to happen to people who are around them. It is Newcliffe's firm belief that one of the guests at his house is a werewolf, and it is not only his goal to prove the existence of such a beast, but to stalk it and kill it as the ultimate quarry. The moon is full, the wolfbane is in bloom, and Newcliffe has his firearms loaded with silver bullets. But who is the werewolf?
The film features "the werewolf break," in which there is a 1-minute intermission and the audience is allowed to guess who the werewolf is. This gimmick was taken from the 1965 remake of Ten Little Indians."
Wiki Black Werewolf
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