poe-48833
I have to agree with fellow Carolinian "BaronBlood" about BRIDE OF THE GORILLA: this it is, as s/he(?) put it: "A simian soap opera." Of the highest order, I might add. It never fails to amaze me when a filmmaker has at his/her disposal everything that s/he needs to render a classic (or, at the very least, something boasting higher Entertainment Value than this) and DOESN'T. BRIDE OF THE GORILLA manages, by film's end, to look like the kind of movie that Ed Wood, Jr. would've made had he been capable. The shot of the gorilla's reflection (as the gorilla Raymond Burr reflects) is almost laugh-out-loud funny. I expected a LITTLE more from a movie that boasts so much.
arfdawg-1
Absolutely dismal movie.It will bore the pants off you. Raymond Burr might have liked that, tho.The Plot 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.She puts a curse on Barney.He finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?
qormi
Barbara Payton never smiles in this movie. She seems out of it. Raymond Burr doesn't really cut it as the hunky stud...more like chunky dud. Lon Chaney Jr. recites his lines like Dan Akroyd would on a Saturday Nite Live skit. All the dialog seems like it was from "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra", which was a hilarious spoof of this type of movie. The part where Barbara Payton is facing Raymond Burr in an extended conversation is too funny. She is wearing a white blouse, but her stuffed bra makes her boobs look like highway safety cones...they could easily put your eye out if you're not careful. The movie was generally cheesy and nothing really happened. Raymond Burr seemed to be turning into a gorilla and wanted to heed the Call of the Wild by hanging out in the jungle all the time.
oscar-35
*Spoiler/plot- Bride of the Gorilla, 1951, In a jungle area; justice is done on a evil plantation boss by his angering the local witch who makes him turn into a gorilla and badly influences the woman of his desires.*Special Stars- Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr *Theme- Jungle areas often hold danger in many forms.*Trivia/location/goofs- A lot of 'continuity' errors between scene edits points due to the jungle scenes. Very early Raymond Burr acting on screen.*Emotion- Campy, but not interesting enough. A rather crazy film, NOT saved by the rest of the film's mysticism plot. It's very bad and a waste.
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