simeon_flake Not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but decent B-Movie fluff that will entertain. Programmers might have been Lon Chaney's fate by this point in his career, but I believe "High Noon" was still on the horizon. In any event, Lon usually gave a capable performance no matter what subpar material he was stuck with. Raymond Burr as the lead is capable, if the transformations into the actual "Ape-Man" leave something to be desired. And Barbara Payton, is certainly easy on the eyes. Decent B-film entertainment...

O2D This movie is weird.The whole time you are expecting it to get really good any second, but it never does.It has the look and feel of a good movie but it falls flat.We only see the gorilla as a reflection in the water.Everyone who sees it describes it as a monster that is a mixture of several animals, no one ever even mentions that it's ape-like.Like in many other movies, everyone who lives in the jungle is white,even the local police.That's almost as annoying as pretending it's dark out when it's clearly daylight, which this movie also does.While not actually a good movie, this film has a rare quality for the genre, it's not boring.If you were interested enough to find this review, you won't hate this movie.

Rainey Dawn Barney Chavez (Burr) is in-love with Mrs. Dina Van Gelder (Payton) but she is married to his employer. Chavez ends up killing the employer but is seen by a voodoo priestess who casts a spell, a curse, on him that turns him into a murderous Gorilla. Barney and Dina end up married but with lots of problems. Police Commissioner Taro (Chaney) is on the trail to find out the answers. The question is: Is Chavez' transformation into a Gorilla real or all in his mind.Raymond Burr is good in this role - convincing, Barbra Payton does well as a woman tormented, Lon Chaney Jr makes a good police commissioner - so the film is overall fun to watch.This film is not nearly as bad as the critics say it is - it's actually interesting. There are some intense moments and it's a good ending. If you like movies where one of the characters is transformed into a creature and film concerning voodoo then you might like 'Bride of the Gorilla'.6.5/10

bkoganbing The most interesting thing about Bride Of The Gorilla is that Lon Chaney, Jr. and Raymond Burr seemed to switch roles. As the film bore more than a passing resemblance to one of Chaney's wolf man features at Universal it seemed like both were in each other's roles. Would that Bride Of The Gorilla were as good as one of those Universal Gothic horror films.Chaney is a police inspector and Burr is the foreman on a rubber plantation in one of those northern South American colonies, my guess would be Dutch Guiana as Tom Conway as Dr. Viet says he's there under a government contract. Burr's got eyes for the plantation mistress Barbara Payton who is married to the much older Paul Cavanaugh. After Cavanaugh is killed by a poisonous snake after Burr knocks him down in a fight he gets Payton and weds her.Unfortunately he left a witness in old Gisela Werbisek who is a Maria Ouspenskaya wannabe. She puts a curse on Burr and after that some strange killings of animals start happening in the jungle. Like a werewolf on a prowl. And Burr starts behaving real strange as well.This very talented group of players deserved a whole lot better than this wolf man ripoff.