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businessman who conducts the finances and contributes to the income. Younger daughter Monica is a sadist who keeps live rats as pets and frequently mutilates them and other small animals. Youngest son
Malcolm is a halfwit with animalistic tendencies; the family keeps him locked in a room with live chickens. The family has a secret: they are all natural born werewolves who transform once a month on the night of the full moon. Pa Mooney has been researching for years to find a way to break the
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In 1899 lives the eccentric Mooney family who reside in a large house in rural
England. The invalid patriarch 'Pa' Mooney is a retired medical doctor who claims to be 180 years old. His eldest daughter, Phoebe, more or less cares for him and is head of the household. His eldest son, Mortimer, is a
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Youngest daughter Diana returns home from medical school in
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turn into a werewolf on the night of the full moon. Will Diana succeed? Diana is eventually revealed to have other plans, and on top of that, she has her own secret as to why she is "different" from the other werewolves of the Mooney family.
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