Oh it must.

The Beast Must Die.

A super rich game hunter has killed everything that has ever walked, crawled or slithered. The one thing he hasn’t killed is a werewolf. So he decides to invite some people to his mansion for a party. How does this tie into the werewolf concept….well one of them is a werewolf, but he is not sure which one. When he finds out, he will hunt it down and kill it.

This concept is pretty darn cool. It’s very similar to THE HOWLING 5 – my fave of the series – where its basically Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians, but with a werewolf as the killer.

This movie is a bit slow at times, but the concept is just so good that you cant help be get into it. The werewolf is not wolfman style. Its just a plain wolf (kinda like New Moon). It’s just an animal, so no cool American Werewolf in London transformation. The werewolf turns very quickly – a quick camera cut to a real wolf. Yes the effect is a bit cheesy, but still cool.

Plus this movie has the typical William Castle break. A wolf break where you get 30 seconds to guess who the werewolf is before the movie tells you.

I love William Castle gimmicks. They rock.

3.5/5

J-Man.