Bride of the Gorilla / (B&w)

Starring: Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, et al.

Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney. Burr portrays a plantation manager so obsessed with the sexy Dina, he kills her husband and ends up the victim of a curse by a voodoo priestess. 1951/b&w/70... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: January 2003
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Allied Vaughn
• Director: Curt Siodmak
• Starring: Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, Tom Conway, Paul Cavanagh, Gisela Werbisek, Carol Varga, Paul Maxey, Woody Strode, Martin Garralaga
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Black & White; NTSC
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Barney goes ape

Klaas Van Gelder, the plantation owner, loves his wife Dina (Barbara Payton). She is also loved from afar by the family doctor, Dr. Viet (Tom Conway). Yes, and she is loved by the hired hand, Barney Chavez. Barney seizes an opportunity to bump off Klaas and take Dina for himself. In the process, he jilts the daughter of a sorceress. Yes, the same sorceress who observed Barney's treachery from the bushes. This is too much, so the sorceress curses Barney and turns him into a gorilla by night. Will Barney survive? Does Dina love hairy leading men? This 1951 movie may have been inspired in part by "The Cat People" (1942), as it is just as much a psychological thriller as a revenge monster movie. This film has many major actors such as (Raymond Burr plays Barney Chavez) (From "Godzilla" 1956); he was not bad looking in his youth. Then there is (Paul Cavanagh as Klaas Van Gelder) (from "The Kennel Murder Case" (1933); he is barely recognizable after 20 years. We even have the master of conversion (Lon Chaney Jr. as Commissioner Taro) (our favorite wolfy); this time, he plays a perfectly normal person torn between two cultures.