The movie features Lon Chaney and Raymond Burr and a monstrous gorilla! Too bad it mainly features people deciding on when to sell, a wedding and lots of stock footage. A film where they literally do not bother really showing you a clear shot of the beast the man becomes with the exception of one scene where it is seen in reflection. Definitely no great transformations in this film that is interesting for a bit, but then becomes repetitious and boring as you never see any kills, but you do see plenty of the bride talking to her doctor.
The story has a woman and older man who are married, living in a south American jungle on some sort of plantation. Never clear what the heck they are doing as it is apparently dangerous enough for people to die. Well, a man who works for the older man named Barney and played by Raymond Burr is in love with the older man's wife and also apparently had a fling with one of the local girls. He kills the older man, by punching him out as a snake appears and it takes out the older man. An elderly woman, and I think mother to the girl spurned witnesses this. Barney marries the woman who was married and whose late husband is probably not even cold yet, but their marriage takes an odd turn as the elderly woman gives Barney a poison that turns him into a gorilla and makes him obsessed with the jungle!
Some of the stuff going on in the movie is interesting, but a lot of it is so outlandish. It is obvious Barney killed the old man, but it most certainly was not premeditated like the one chief of police says as Barney just took advantage of a poisonous snake. I also find it rather hard to believe that not one, but two super attractive women were super into Raymond Burr!
So, not that great as it gets worse as it progresses. You expect to see the monster more near the tail end of the film, but we do not really witness it during the final scene other than it carrying the bride. It is funny how Barney was being interrogated and kept denying the charges because Burr would later become super defense attorney Perry Mason. Still, in a horror movie about a person turning into a gorilla, I expect to see more gorilla! It would be like if in a film about a werewolf all you ever see of the beast are newspaper headlines!
The story has a woman and older man who are married, living in a south American jungle on some sort of plantation. Never clear what the heck they are doing as it is apparently dangerous enough for people to die. Well, a man who works for the older man named Barney and played by Raymond Burr is in love with the older man's wife and also apparently had a fling with one of the local girls. He kills the older man, by punching him out as a snake appears and it takes out the older man. An elderly woman, and I think mother to the girl spurned witnesses this. Barney marries the woman who was married and whose late husband is probably not even cold yet, but their marriage takes an odd turn as the elderly woman gives Barney a poison that turns him into a gorilla and makes him obsessed with the jungle!
Some of the stuff going on in the movie is interesting, but a lot of it is so outlandish. It is obvious Barney killed the old man, but it most certainly was not premeditated like the one chief of police says as Barney just took advantage of a poisonous snake. I also find it rather hard to believe that not one, but two super attractive women were super into Raymond Burr!
So, not that great as it gets worse as it progresses. You expect to see the monster more near the tail end of the film, but we do not really witness it during the final scene other than it carrying the bride. It is funny how Barney was being interrogated and kept denying the charges because Burr would later become super defense attorney Perry Mason. Still, in a horror movie about a person turning into a gorilla, I expect to see more gorilla! It would be like if in a film about a werewolf all you ever see of the beast are newspaper headlines!