The Ape (1940)
A Monogram film directed by William Nigh (known mainly, I suppose, for directing several of the Mr. Wong films, but also for the little-known, little-discussed, Dr. Rx, and Lugosi's Black Dragons)....
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Wich2 wrote: Just in time for Thanksgiving!I just realized I posted the same thoughts about this film on this thread a couple of years ago.The mental image of Karloff and that peeled gorilla seems to...
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Karloff must have thanked his lucky stars when ARSENIC AND OLD LACE became such a huge success. If not for that, he might have been stuck appearing in dreck like THE APE for the rest of his career.
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Friend of Daniel wrote:If you think about it, Karloff climbing into a freshly skinned gorilla pelt (head included) is one of the most disgusting ideas in any film. I hope he at least washed it out...
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Watched this lovely production yesterday... well, last night, then yesterday afternoon... okay, add in the night before. Something about the hypnotic ambiance of circus stock shots and the exquisite...
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I know I keep defending them, but this is nearly the ONLY Treeline / Mill Creek DVD I have that's full of jumpiness.
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I just got a shipping notice on my THIRD Roan copy of this gem. Hopefully, third time's the charm, after my well-documented tribulations with third parties on Amazon's Marketplace.
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I'm in favor of any version of this film that shortens its running time.
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http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/the-ape-1940/ Not my favorite Monogram picture. I only paid a $1.00 for it from Alpha and it is worth that.Tom
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Just watched this from a screening on THIS-TV recently and it's pretty good. Silly premise, as has been mentioned, but really not too much different in some ways from some of Karloff's Columbia...
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Karloff is SURPRISINGLY good in this - he was sometimes guilty of walking through the goofy ones, but I don't see that here.
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I own this flick from one of my Mill Creek collections, but haven't brought myself to watch it yet. I'll have to give it a spin tonight when I hit the sack.
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bela lugosi wrote:Just watched this from a screening on THIS-TV recently and it's pretty good. Silly premise, as has been mentioned, but really not too much different in some ways from some of...
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We've mentioned this before, but the TCM print beats all other comers hands down.
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I have a very cheap version of this from a 3 disc UK set. I suspect its the Mill Creek, and as bad as it is, it's not as bad as The Ape Man which was in the same set. Think of the first time you saw...
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After 3 seperate 20min. sessions at bedtime, I finally finished watching 'The Ape'. It was actually pretty decent but very slow moving.
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If you set the alarm for 2:00 am and get up to watch it on a fuzzy black and white tv, you'll get the full hallucinatory effect. Those crazy circus music opening titles help set the surreal mood too.
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That mode of presentation helps any Weird film! (Probably unfairly, I'd submit...)
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Karloff DOES bring his A game to this one. Perhaps it reminded him of the Columbia Mad Scientist series he was doing at the same time (it's a naked and unashamed imitation of those movies). When...
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