I do admit to having a penchant for the cheesy, low rent jungle adventure films of the 1930s; there's just something about the blend of exoticism and cheap production values that renders them fun for me. THE BEAST OF BORNEO is one of the more obscure entries in that sub-genre of film-making, a simple rip-off of THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, and one of the most annoying ever.
This short production is about your usual mad scientist character who wants to do some vivisection experiments on various apes in order to prove his theories surrounding evolution. Be warned, a cute baby orangutan is mistreated by being strapped to a table at one point. What this all amounts to is a bunch of extraneous characters wandering around and having long-winded conversations while a laughable guy in a ape-suit provides menace. THE BEAST OF BORNEO loses points for having the most annoying extended fake ape growl ever which is played loudly over the soundtrack over and over again, to the point at which I was ready to throw the remote through the TV screen.
This short production is about your usual mad scientist character who wants to do some vivisection experiments on various apes in order to prove his theories surrounding evolution. Be warned, a cute baby orangutan is mistreated by being strapped to a table at one point. What this all amounts to is a bunch of extraneous characters wandering around and having long-winded conversations while a laughable guy in a ape-suit provides menace. THE BEAST OF BORNEO loses points for having the most annoying extended fake ape growl ever which is played loudly over the soundtrack over and over again, to the point at which I was ready to throw the remote through the TV screen.