Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This movie begins in Southeast Asia immediately after World War 2 with soldiers searching in the jungle for someone (or something) who has killed a couple of innocent villagers. As it turns out, an American deserter named "Joseph Langdon" (John Ashley) is also in the vicinity and due to his desperate situation makes a deal with the devil (played by Vic Diaz) to escape from the situation he has found himself in. It's at this point that the movie fast-forwards to the present with the body of Langdon being buried but his soul transported into a man named "Philip Rogers" (also played by John Ashley) who has just been declared dead by a surgeon in a hospital. Needless to say, his wife "Julia" (Mary Wilcox ) is overjoyed when Philip comes back to life. However, the new version of Philip isn't the same and immediately makes decisions that hurt all those around him by sowing evil among them--and that especially applies to Julia and his brother "Earl" (Ken Metcalfe). But then one night something very unexpected happens and Philip is transformed into a kind of werewolf--which creates even more problems for everyone involved. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a standard low-budget film characteristic of movies produced in the Philippines during this particular time. Yet, even though the acting was adequate it was the makeup and special effects which really doomed this film—especially on the part of the supposed werewolf. It was really bad. That said, I have rated the film accordingly. Below average.

Joseph Langdon (John Ashley) is a traitorous, cowardly deviate running for his life in post WWII Philippines. He encounters Satan himself (prolific Filipino icon Vic Diaz), who promises that he will save Langdons' ass in exchange for becoming his disciple. Unfortunately, periodic transformations into a grotesque creature - and inevitable rampages of said creature - will be part of the bargain.If you've seen a lot of Filipino exploitation and genre cinema, you've seen the name of the writer / director often: Eddie Romero. Here Romero crafts a decent enough horror flick that manages to overcome the limitations of a (most likely) limited budget. It's certainly cheap looking, but it has much of the atmosphere common to Filipino horror of the 60s and 70s. Romeros' screenplay is also more interesting than the usual monster movie cranked out by the country during these decades. As you can see, it's got a touch of "Faust", combined with a werewolf tale and domestic drama, as Langdon / Philip Rogers tries to mend his relationship with his wife (sexy Mary Charlotte Wilcox). The effective music score is by Nestor Robles, the passable makeup effects by Tony Artieda.Ashley tries his best in a role more meaty (pardon the expression) than he usually played in these movies. Wilcox isn't that great, but is certainly pleasing to look at. Leopoldo Salcedo and Eddie Garcia (another guy who turned up frequently in these sorts of movies) are fine as investigating detectives, and Ken Metcalfe is alright as Rogers' brother Earl. Diaz has fun with the flashiest role in the picture (and has the best dialogue), but the best performance has to come from Andres Centenera (the warden in "The Big Bird Cage"), who plays the helpful blind man.Fairly thoughtful, and reasonably entertaining, "Beast of the Yellow Night" has some good moments throughout.Six out of 10.

This has a cult following. So I had to watch it, okay, again low budget and acting was also low profile. Someone eating some weird fruit was saved by Satan. End of plot. The main actor (John Ashley) really makes it all a bit weird to believe. His acting, although he appeared in a lot of movies, is terrible. When he is changing into the beast the make up is laughable and reminded me of Michael Jackson nowadays. Really. The movie is slow but has his gore moments and that's the main reason it became cult. It was not done in those days and made by Philippines it was surely not done. It has taken some years to release it, but now you can find it full uncut on DVD. Many will know it simply by the name Beast, now released under Beast of the yellow night due to the, of course, yellow haze.

Definitely this film won't win any awards but it's not boring.**SPOILERS** The plot is different than you may have heard: A criminal (Langdon) is shot down and dies, but his spirit is reincarnated into the body of a business tycoon (Philip)who has died in the hospital. Satan has done this in exchange for Langdon's soul, and the devil expects Langdon to tempt more humans to evil. Meanwhile, Langdon/Philip changes into a flesh-eating monster when he gets stressed.Eddie Romero has written a doozy. Philip's wife, who was previously disaffected with her husband, now adores the "new" Philip. Langdon, however, tries to pawn off his wife onto his brother, to keep her far from his deal with Satan and the monster side also. The monster stalks through the city several times and there is lots of pummeling, blood, and entrail-eating.The monster can be hurt but not killed, and it wanders into an open store one night after sustaining injury from police, on the alert from previous attacks. A blind man meets the monster and hides him overnight, then tends to Langdon. Interestingly, the blind man is a famous criminal from Langdon's era, and the two form a bond both man-to-man and man-monster (imitating the Frankenstein connection somewhat).The dialogue is bad quite a lot, but some of it is very philosophical, especially in explaining Langdon's dilemma: he wants to die but Satan won't let him. The dialogue between Philip and his wife is better, though the acting is pathetic there.Monster fans will enjoy this. The makeup isn't the greatest but is effective. The chase scenes are not long drawn-out affairs, and there are enough twists to keep it going.