****SPOILERS*** Forced to take the place of his boss Tony Vincenzo, Simon Oakland, who had to cancel due to an IRS audit reporter Carl Kolchak, Darren McGavin, takes a pleasure cruise in the Caribbean on the cruise ship Hanover. The cruise turns out to be anything but a pleasure for him as well as those, passengers & crew, on board. It's the former NATO agent Benhardet Stieglitz played by the perennial "Good German", from the TV series "Combat' & Rat Patrol", Eric Braeden who's on the cruise. Stieglitz somehow got bit by a werewolf in Greenland and turned into one himself but only when there's a full moon out at night. It doesn't take long for Stieglitz to go into action in there seems to be a full moon on every night of the cruise.
After about a half dozen attacks Kolchak who unknowingly took photos of the raging and almost unrecognized, who had so much facial hair that only his teeth or fangs were visible, Stieglitz soon realize that there's a homicide lunatic on board to whom bullets have no effect on! With the help of fellow passenger and movie expert Paula Griffin, Nita Tolbot, Kolchak finds out the only way to stop this psycho is blasting him with a silver bulled blessed in Latin by a Catholic priest! The very two things, silver & Latin speaking catholic priest, that seem to be in short supply on the cruise ship!
***SPOILERS*** Finally getting all the ingredients , Catholic priest & silver button's from the ship's captain dress suite, Kolchak armed with silver bullets or pellets for his shotgun confronts the wild & crazy Stieglitz in what can be considered a fight between good & evil. With the silver bullets not having any effect on the wild and uncontrollable Stieglitz it's his wet shoes, from the waves of the Caribbean sea, that does him in. That's by him by slipping and despite Kolchak's, what a nice guy, attempt to save him falling into the sea Stieglitz never is to resurface or be seen, alive or dead, again.
After about a half dozen attacks Kolchak who unknowingly took photos of the raging and almost unrecognized, who had so much facial hair that only his teeth or fangs were visible, Stieglitz soon realize that there's a homicide lunatic on board to whom bullets have no effect on! With the help of fellow passenger and movie expert Paula Griffin, Nita Tolbot, Kolchak finds out the only way to stop this psycho is blasting him with a silver bulled blessed in Latin by a Catholic priest! The very two things, silver & Latin speaking catholic priest, that seem to be in short supply on the cruise ship!
***SPOILERS*** Finally getting all the ingredients , Catholic priest & silver button's from the ship's captain dress suite, Kolchak armed with silver bullets or pellets for his shotgun confronts the wild & crazy Stieglitz in what can be considered a fight between good & evil. With the silver bullets not having any effect on the wild and uncontrollable Stieglitz it's his wet shoes, from the waves of the Caribbean sea, that does him in. That's by him by slipping and despite Kolchak's, what a nice guy, attempt to save him falling into the sea Stieglitz never is to resurface or be seen, alive or dead, again.