Acting
Bela Lugosi fully commits to hunchbacked gorilla-man dignity.
Practical Effects
The ape suit: visibly zipper-backed, heroically unconvincing.
Writing
Dialogue so wooden you could build a raft.

Director
William Beaudine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bela Lugosi filmed this during his infamous Monogram Pictures period, a low point that preceded his Ed Wood collaboration.
This film belongs to the 'mad scientist + ape' micro-genre of 1940s poverty row horror, capitalizing on Lugosi's fading Dracula fame.
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