The Beast Must Die (Standard Edition)

Horror icons Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing team up once again for an Amicus take on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with Lee occupying the role of thCalvin Lockhart (A Dandy in Aspic) and Marlene Clark (Ganja & Hess) have invited a disparate group of guests, including Peter Cushing (Corruption), Michael Gambon (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover) and Charles Gray (The Legacy), to their mansion in the English countryside. He believes one of them is a werewolf… and, before the weekend is out, he’ll find out who it is! The last of Amicus’ famed horror productions, The Beast Must Die combines the country-house whodunnit with the werewolf shocker and adds a dash of blaxploitation for good measure. High Definition remasterOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with director Paul Annett and author Jonathan Sothcott (2003)Interview with Max J Rosenberg (2000, 48 mins): archival audio recording of the famed producer in conversation with SothcottThe BEHP Interview with Jack Hildyard (1988, 92 mins): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the Oscar-winning cinematographer in conversation with Alan LawsonThe BEHP Interview with Peter Tanner – Part Two, 1939–1987 (1987, 81 mins): an archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the celebrated editor in conversation with Roy Fowler and Taffy HainesIntroduction by Stephen Laws (2020, 4 mins): appreciation by the acclaimed horror authorDirecting the Beast (2003, 13 mins): archival interview with AnnettSuper 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentationImage gallery: publicity and promotional materialOriginal theatrical trailerKim Newman and David Flint trailer commentary (2017, 2 mins): short critical appreciation by the genre-film expertsNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing