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Night of the Bloody Apes

Original title: La horripilante bestia humana
  • 19691969
  • RR
  • 1h 23m
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4.9/10
1.1K
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Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
HorrorSci-Fi
A doctor tries to save his son's life through a complicated heart transplant operation, the involuntary donor being a gorilla. Eventually, the young man turns into a violent hybrid beast.A doctor tries to save his son's life through a complicated heart transplant operation, the involuntary donor being a gorilla. Eventually, the young man turns into a violent hybrid beast.A doctor tries to save his son's life through a complicated heart transplant operation, the involuntary donor being a gorilla. Eventually, the young man turns into a violent hybrid beast.
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
1.1K
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    • René Cardona
    • René Cardona Jr.(story and adaptation)
    • René Cardona(story and adaptation)
  • Stars
    • José Elías Moreno
    • Carlos López Moctezuma
    • Armando Silvestre
    • René Cardona
    • René Cardona Jr.(story and adaptation)
    • René Cardona(story and adaptation)
  • Stars
    • José Elías Moreno
    • Carlos López Moctezuma
    • Armando Silvestre
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    • 52User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
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    Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
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    Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
    Gerardo Zepeda in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
    Gerardo Zepeda and José Elías Moreno in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
    Agustín Martínez Solares in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
    Norma Lazareno in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
    Armando Silvestre in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
    Norma Lazareno in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
    José Elías Moreno in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
    Gerardo Zepeda in Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)

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    José Elías Moreno
    José Elías Moreno
    • Dr. Krallman
    Carlos López Moctezuma
    Carlos López Moctezuma
    • Goyo
    Armando Silvestre
    Armando Silvestre
    • Lt. Arthur Martínez
    Norma Lazareno
    Norma Lazareno
    • Lucy Osorio
    Agustín Martínez Solares
    • Julio Krallman
    • (as Agustin Mtz. Solares)
    Javier Rizo
    Gerardo Zepeda
    Gerardo Zepeda
    • Monster
    • (as Gerardo Cepeda)
    Noelia Noel
    • Victim
    Gina Morett
    Gina Morett
    • Woman in shower
    Laura Cannon
    Laura Cannon
    • Unknown
    • (uncredited)
    Manuel Dondé
    Manuel Dondé
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Juan Fava
    • Nuclear physicist
    • (uncredited)
    Armando Gutiérrez
    • Chief of police
    • (uncredited)
    Jesús Gómez
    • Dueño tienda asesinado
    • (uncredited)
    Leonor Gómez
    • Mujer encuentra muerto
    • (uncredited)
    Regino Herrera
    • Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Nathanael León
    Nathanael León
    • Jefe seguridad
    • (uncredited)
    Elvira Lodi
    • Empleada hospital
    • (uncredited)
      • René Cardona
      • René Cardona Jr.(story and adaptation)
      • René Cardona(story and adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      Was added to the video nasty list and remained there throughout the panic. The banned video gained attention due to its pre-cert video cover featuring bloody surgeon's hands holding a scalpel, with the caption "Warning: this film contains scenes of extreme and explicit violence."
    • Goofs
      When the girl is attacked in the park, the fake "grass" is accidently pushed aside, revealing the hard studio floor beneath.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Arturo Martinez: Prepare the gorilla.

    • Alternate versions
      The Mexican producers filmed a "special" edition of the film (sometimes called "Horror y Sexo") for more tolerant foreign markets, adding scenes of nudity and extreme gore not present on the Mexican prints.
    • Connections
      Featured in Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987)

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    4/10
    NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES {Original Spanish-Language and Alternate U.S. Versions} (Rene Cardona, 1969) **
    This is another notorious Mexican horror film: however, while the original Spanish-language version is quite tame, all sorts of gore and nudity were inserted for the English-dubbed variant (prepared by Jerald Intrator - who did similar duties on THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP [1967/71] - and, like the U.S. version of that film, had previously been available on DVD through Something Weird/Image)!

    I watched the original first and, while no great shakes, it was fairly engaging - especially with a plot as familiar as this one was: a doctor goes beyond the call of duty in attempting to save the life of his terminally ill son; he even has a hulking, game-legged assistant (played by Carlos Lopez Moctezuma, who had essayed a strikingly similar role - though in a more sinister vein - in THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN [1961]). I know that several Mexican films mingled horror with the "Lucha Libre" (Wrestling) genre but I had never watched one myself; this element is present here - in fact, the heroine is a wrestler - but the two styles are, perhaps thankfully, kept apart (that said, the wrestling sequences are competently done, with some of the moves proving highly amusing).

    The doctor's son is transformed into a monster (looking like The Incredible Hulk with mud splashed over his face!) after having had an ape's heart transplanted into him - but, then, when this is replaced with that of a comatose female wrestler, he stays this way and grows a pair of fangs to boot (shouldn't he realistically have turned into a transsexual...though I guess that wouldn't have been very interesting)!! The climactic rooftop sequence in which the monster kidnaps a child and meets his demise at the hands of the police is reminiscent of THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942). My favorite unintentionally funny moments in the film, however, occur when the doctor, trying to comfort his son, tells him that he'll soon be cured - only to turn his back soon after on the verge of tears - and also the impatient look he gives his crippled assistant (as the latter staggers slowly into the car) when they're about to chase the monster who has escaped from the lab.

    The alternate nude scenes work for the film (these were actually done by Cardona himself for a racier Mexican version entitled HORROR Y SEXO) but its reputation is largely based on the added material showing over-the-top violence, such as an eyeball being gouged out of its socket, a scalping and even a person's head being torn off. There are also several graphic operation inserts which, however, give rise to a goof: while it's made clear that only two people are involved in the operation, we see a third pair of hands constantly holding an oxygen mask to the patient's face!

    The film is also said to be a loose remake of Cardona's own black-and-white horror film DOCTOR OF DOOM (1962) but, since I haven't watched that one, I can't say how much of it was actually pilfered for NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES...
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      • 1972 (United States)
      • Mexico
      • Spanish
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      • Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production company
      • Cinematográfica Calderón S.A.
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    • 1 hour 23 minutes
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