Bride of a Gorilla (1951)

Bride of the Gorilla is a 1951 B-movie film directed by Curt Siodmak and starring Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr. and Barbara Payton. Jungle action and voodoo terror in the African tropics, as doctor Raymond Burr marries beautiful Barbara Payton, only to find himself the victim of a man-beast's curse.

Deep in the South American jungle plantation manager Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife (Barbara Payton). However, an old native witch witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?

A superstitious police commissioner Taro (Lon Chaney Jr.) is brought in to investigate the plantation owners death and a rash of strange animal killings, he begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. Dina is also becoming suspcious with Barney, who is seeming to grow more in love with the jungle than with her. She follows him one night into the jungle, only to be attacked by the feral Barney. The police chief follows her screams in the jungle and shoots Monkey-Barney, the jungle's justice having been dealt.

Directed by: Curt Siodmak
Produced by: Edward Leven, Jack Broder
Written by: Curt Siodmak
Starring: Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr, Raymond Burr
Crew: Charles Van Enger, Francis Lyon, Mort Glickman, Raoul Kraushaar
Copyright: Public Domain
Format: Black + White
Duration: 70 mins
Year: 1951
Tags: Curse, Gorilla, Horror, Jungle, Lon Chaney Jr, Murder, Old Woman, Raymond Burr, Sci-fi, Transformation, Voodoo

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