In
Pioneertown,
California, a number of livestock and people have been killed mysteriously, and this appears to be the work of a large animal. A woman's decayed corpse is found in the desert, and the detective investigating the case, determines that the body is that of a woman, called Marylou Summers, who had
attended a circus in the area four weeks prior. Seeking assistance with the matter, the detective speaks to a Catholic priest, Father John. Father John believes werewolves are a result of
demonic possession, and is certain the recent killings are the work of a
werewolf. Around the time the killings began, a mysterious Australian drifter named Ted Smith had recently arrived in town and began working at the local bar. Father John attempts to convince the detective that a werewolf is the culprit. Father John claims that his information goes back 500 years and is all true, telling him of
a castle in Hungary that was the site of a mass murder-suicide. After the first massacre in 1489, the
Spanish Inquisition declared the castle to be under the control of Satan, and attempted to burn it down, however this failed. The castle was then boarded up for 500 years until the communist government of Hungary decided to reopen it in 1987. In 1989, a group of tourists arrived and were subsequently killed before the castle burned to the ground. The Hungarian government then covered up the incident. Meanwhile, Ted begins to mingle with the local townsfolk, secretly recording his own enigmatic agendas into a tape recorder in his hotel room, and the townsfolk begin to suspect Ted is the one behind these sudden killings. Father John and the detective interview a local woman, Marie Adams, who had, years earlier,
narrowly survived a werewolf attack in the town of Drago. Marie is later killed by the werewolf. Father John and the detective learn that, three years ago, a castle in
Budapest, Hungary, had burned down. This came directly after an entire group of people was killed there. Father John claims that three years is how long it takes for a werewolf to fully mature and develop new abilities. The town is now fully against Ted. Ted attempts to flee town when a local woman, Cheryl, gives him a ride. That night, at her home, "Cheryl" reveals herself to be the real werewolf, and that her real name is Marylou Summers, and the body in the desert was the real Cheryl. She reveals that she was the one behind the castle massacre three years prior. Marylou announces her intent to kill Ted and frame him as the werewolf, then leave town to start over. She attempts to kill Ted with a shotgun, only to realize it has been loaded with blanks. Ted and the detective had set her up. Marylou transforms into her werewolf form and attempts to escape, only to be shot to death by a mob of the townsfolk who were outside waiting. With the whole situation behind them, Ted returns to the bar with the rest of the townsfolk and they have a dance as a way to apologize for accusing him of being the werewolf. Ted takes the mic and sings a song for everybody, ad-libbing some lines about werewolves into the song. ==Cast==