The Beast Must Die Calvin Lockhart Peter Cushing Marlene Clark 1974

<p><strong>THE BEAST MUST DIE (1974) | Black Horror, Werewolves &amp; a Murder Mystery</strong></p><p>Black Deth 101 continues our annual <strong>Month of Black Horror</strong> with the wild 1974 British horror mystery <strong>The Beast Must Die</strong>.</p><p>Calvin Lockhart stars as millionaire hunter Tom Newcliffe, who gathers a group of suspicious guests at his isolated estate because he believes one of them is a werewolf. His plan is simple: watch everyone, wait for the full moon—and hunt the beast.</p><p>But this is no ordinary werewolf movie.</p><p><strong>The Beast Must Die</strong> mixes horror, mystery, action, Blaxploitation attitude, and the structure of an old-school whodunit. It even stops near the end for the famous <strong>“Werewolf Break,”</strong> giving the audience a chance to guess who the monster really is.</p><p>Johnny Deth and Nubius Black get into:</p><ul><li><p>Calvin Lockhart and his commanding performance as Tom Newcliffe</p></li><li><p>Peter Cushing doing what Peter Cushing does best</p></li><li><p>The movie’s unusual blend of British horror and Blaxploitation</p></li><li><p>The suspects, red herrings, and murder-mystery setup</p></li><li><p>The legendary Werewolf Break</p></li><li><p>The werewolf itself—and whether it actually works</p></li><li><p>Amicus Productions and the state of horror movies in 1974</p></li><li><p>What America looked and sounded like when the film was released</p></li><li><p>Why <strong>The Beast Must Die</strong> remains one of the strangest and most entertaining werewolf movies of the 1970s</p></li></ul><p>Is it a horror movie? A detective story? A Blaxploitation film? A country-house mystery with a werewolf running through it?</p><p>The answer might be <strong>all of the above.</strong></p><p>Join <strong>Nubius Black and Johnny Deth</strong> as we revisit <strong>The Beast Must Die</strong> on <strong>Black Deth 101</strong>.</p><p><strong>Who do YOU think is the werewolf?</strong></p><p>Subscribe and join us as the Month of Black Horror continues.</p><p>#TheBeastMustDie #BlackDeth101 #BlackHorror #CalvinLockhart #PeterCushing #WerewolfMovies #Blaxploitation #HorrorMovies #1970sHorror #AmicusProductions</p><p></p>