Amicus Films
The Beast Must Die – 1974
An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
93 Mins
Storyline
Eight people have been invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?
Hammer Connections – 14
| Role | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Amicus Credits | Hammer Credits | |
| CREW - 7 | ||||||||
| Conductor | Douglas Gamley | 49 | 24 Sep 1924 | 5 Feb 1998 | 73 | 16 | 3 | |
| Continuity | Phyllis Townshend | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Director | Paul Annett | 37 | 19 Feb 1937 | 11 Dec 2017 | 80 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hairdresser | Bobbie Smith | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Make-Up Artist | George Blackler | 62 | 7 Mar 1912 | 30 Oct 1986 | 74 | 3 | 7 | |
| Music | Douglas Gamley | 49 | 24 Sep 1924 | 5 Feb 1998 | 73 | 16 | 3 | |
| CAST - 8 | ||||||||
| Bennington | Charles Gray | 45 | 29 Aug 1928 | 7 Mar 2000 | 71 | 1 | 1 | |
| Caroline Newcliffe (voice) | Annie Ross | 43 | 25 Jul 1930 | 21 Jul 2020 | 89 | 1 | 3 | |
| Davina | Ciaran Madden | 31 | 27 Dec 1942 | Formula | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dr. Christopher Lundgren | Peter Cushing | 60 | 26 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 16 | 24 | |
| Narrator (Werewolf Break) | Valentine Dyall | 66 | 7 May 1907 | 24 Jun 1985 | 78 | 1 | 3 | |
| Paul Foote | Tom Chadbon | 28 | 27 Feb 1946 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pavel | Anton Diffring | 57 | 20 Oct 1916 | 19 May 1989 | 72 | 1 | 3 | |
| Reporter | Michael Craze | 31 | 29 Nov 1942 | 7 Dec 1998 | 56 | 2 | 1 |
Footnotes
Hammer and Amicus produced numerous horror films involving ghosts, vampires and devils over a period of 20 years. Both of them, however, only produced one werewolf film each. This was Amicus’ effort. Hammer’s was The Curse of the Werewolf(1961).
The last horror film produced by Amicus that had the involvement of co-founder Milton Subotsky, who is quoted as having hated the film.
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Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection