The Ape Man (1943)
1943 · Feature film · 64 min · dir. William Beaudine
No one is safe from the cruel desires of this inhuman fiend!
- Horror
- Science Fiction
- monster film
Synopsis
The Ape Man is a 1943 American horror film directed by William Beaudine. The film is based on "They Creep in the Dark" by Karl Brown, which was published in The Saturday Evening Post. It stars Bela Lugosi as Dr. James Brewster who is aided by his colleague Dr. Randall. The doctor manages to transform himself into an ape man hybrid and desperately seeks a cure. Brewster believes that only the injection of human spinal fluid will prove effective as a cure. As Randall refuses to help him, Brewster…
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Details
- Director
- William Beaudine
- Writer
- Barney A. Sarecky
- Cinematography
- Mack Stengler
- Studio
- Sam Katzman Productions, Monogram Pictures
- Released
- 1943-03-05
- Series
- The Ape Man Collection
- Running time
- 64 minutes
Cast & crew
William Beaudine Director
Wheeler Vivian Oakman
J. Farrell MacDonald
Louise Currie- Eugène Jules Charles Jordan
Jack Mulhall
Wallace Ford
Charlie Hall
Bela Lugosi
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Oh shaddap.... · Roady43 · 2010-12-11
accalaurie49!!!!!!!!! How can you consider it a comedy? I'd rather watch this, The Giant Leeches, The Giant Gila Monster or any b-horror/scifi movie from those days than I would from the craphole stuff they put out today! FIVE STARS BABY!
★★★ · Regressed Lugosi · billbarstad · 2010-05-03
I've seen worse Lugosi flicks. Scared to Death comes to mind. This was fun to riff while watching, since there're plenty of scenes needing ridicule and not an excess of dialog. The story follows the standard mad scientist as victim of his own work desperately seeking relief, i.e., Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, etc. Lugosi really humiliates himself in this one.
★★★ · Funny · accalaurie49 · 2010-05-19
Sci-Fi? Horror? No! It is a comedy, sometimes intended to be, sometimes unintentionally, but it works. I liked it.
★★★ · Wallace Ford and Lugosi · knotinthepubicdomain · 2018-08-24
Together again after "The Mysterious Mr Wong". Ford reprises his wise cracking reporter character looking more beefy and less energetic trading barbs with the usual dame interest. Lugosi is Lugosi and devolves nicely ala lost souls. Some cool WW2 references if you like that sort of thing.
