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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?
Sam Mansary
- Butler
- (as Sam Mansaray)
Carl Bohen
- 1st Hunter
- (as Carl Bohun)
Valentine Dyall
- Narrator of the Werewolf Break
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Dennis Plenty
- Hunter
- (uncredited)
Annie Ross
- Caroline Newcliffe
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Michael Winder
- Paul Annett(uncredited)
- James Blish(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaDespite 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.
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Crazy credits[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 versionsAlso released on home video as "Black Werewolf" without the Werewolf Break in it.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Gentle Touch: Melody (1980)
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Entertaining, Enjoyable Schlock!
A millionaire brings an assortment of characters to his heavily secured home and plenty of acreage around it. He then tells each that they were brought for a reason...that one of them is a werewolf. The rest of the story goes through the paces of finding out who the beast is and what must be done with it. I did not have the version with the game on it...my copy was called Black Werewolf(a poor job in renaming the film and it added awful title cards as well). This is the 70s film all around. The outfits, the hairstyles, and that awful-yet-appropriate soundtrack are all signs of the times. The movie is cheesy and yet fun to watch. Calvin Lockhart, as the lead, is like George Jefferson on steroids. The supporting cast is filled with stalwarts from the British stage and screen, amongst them Charles Gray, Anton Diffring, and the ever-affable Peter Cushing as the dispenser of knowledge dealing with lycanthropy. A pleasant diversion to watch!
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- Nov 21, 1999
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- Black Werewolf
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- Shepperton Studios, Studios Road, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(studio: made at Shepperton Studios, Middx. England.)
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