Release Date: Mar 5, 1943 Wide
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Whatever poor Bela Lugosi may have done in a past life, the man did not deserve The Ape Man, arguably the worst of his Monogram horror clunkers. Viewed today, it seems that screenwriter Barney Sarecky and infamous director William Beaudine (whose nickname "One Shot" was earned helming movies like this) were out to humiliate the proud Hungarian actor at every opportunity. They had the man, who once turned down the Frankenstein monster because he found the role demeaning, walk about the entire
Mar 5, 1943 Wide
Mar 29, 2005
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This is some family: A sister and a brother are a medium and a mad scientist, respectively.
One of Lugosi's Monogram cheapies; not very good, silly and campy.
If you read the plot synopsis on here, that's really all there is to it. Lugosi is changed into an ape. This movie was stupid, I don't know why anyone thought that was a good story.
September 5, 2010Super Reviewer
Bela Lugosi plays a doctor who accidentally transforms himself into an ape-man. He believes to reverse the process he needs the spinal fluid from living human-folk, but his collegue wont help him collect it. The ape-man and is pet gorrila now have to go out and get some fluid from unwilling donors. Amusing to see
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