During the 1930s, there were quite a few spooky old house and murder mystery films--so the bizarre plot of this turkey isn't all that bizarre for the time. However, I call it a turkey because the film is so badly made on so many levels--you can't help but laugh at the ineptitude of the film makers and actors.
The film begins in Asia. A really stupid white guy not only invades the sacred Temple of the Ape, but he killed one of the creatures there as well. When he's confronted by the priest, the idiot basically says he could care less about it. No wonder this jerk soon finds himself cursed! Oddly, throughout this entire scene you see gorillas--yes, African gorillas around the place. And, during the course of the film, they appear again. No, not real gorillas but the lame 1930s guy in a gorilla costume variety of gorillas.
I was surprised but the folks in the temple did not kill the idiot and he soon returned home. Apparently, though, he appeared to believe in the 'curse of Kali (oddly, pronounced 'Kay-lie'--though a teeny bit of research would have shown them that this was the wrong pronunciation). Now if you believe you are cursed and those around you are cursed, what would you expect him to do? Yep, invite a whole bunch of folks to his house and see them one after the other brutally murdered. And, if you are one of the folks invited, you'd naturally stick around and just wait to be murdered--at least in the stupid bizarro world!! In addition to this awful plot (though it does have a bit of a nice twist near the end), you have very, very bad acting and direction. A few of the 'actors' had trouble delivering their lines and two of the characters were beyond poorly written. The insurance guy was a one-note obnoxious jerk and the sickly lady just sounded like she could have used a good rap in the mouth--both were incredibly annoying and seemed less real than having Huckleberry Hound play their parts. The only character I liked at all, and she WAY overplayed the role, was the grouchy old lady with the henpecked husband--at least she was entertaining. But otherwise, the best actor might just have been the guy in the gorilla suit--it was THAT bad!
By the way, I was really torn by this film. Part of me wanted to give it a well-deserved score of 2. But, the film did have one nice twist and although bad, there are much worse films out there, so I'll be generous and score it 3. Too bad I can't give it a 2.5!
The film begins in Asia. A really stupid white guy not only invades the sacred Temple of the Ape, but he killed one of the creatures there as well. When he's confronted by the priest, the idiot basically says he could care less about it. No wonder this jerk soon finds himself cursed! Oddly, throughout this entire scene you see gorillas--yes, African gorillas around the place. And, during the course of the film, they appear again. No, not real gorillas but the lame 1930s guy in a gorilla costume variety of gorillas.
I was surprised but the folks in the temple did not kill the idiot and he soon returned home. Apparently, though, he appeared to believe in the 'curse of Kali (oddly, pronounced 'Kay-lie'--though a teeny bit of research would have shown them that this was the wrong pronunciation). Now if you believe you are cursed and those around you are cursed, what would you expect him to do? Yep, invite a whole bunch of folks to his house and see them one after the other brutally murdered. And, if you are one of the folks invited, you'd naturally stick around and just wait to be murdered--at least in the stupid bizarro world!! In addition to this awful plot (though it does have a bit of a nice twist near the end), you have very, very bad acting and direction. A few of the 'actors' had trouble delivering their lines and two of the characters were beyond poorly written. The insurance guy was a one-note obnoxious jerk and the sickly lady just sounded like she could have used a good rap in the mouth--both were incredibly annoying and seemed less real than having Huckleberry Hound play their parts. The only character I liked at all, and she WAY overplayed the role, was the grouchy old lady with the henpecked husband--at least she was entertaining. But otherwise, the best actor might just have been the guy in the gorilla suit--it was THAT bad!
By the way, I was really torn by this film. Part of me wanted to give it a well-deserved score of 2. But, the film did have one nice twist and although bad, there are much worse films out there, so I'll be generous and score it 3. Too bad I can't give it a 2.5!