It is a performances centric movie

A Masterpiece!

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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...

This is a very scary movie. It is scarier then The Shinning and that is not easy to do. This is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street. And that is not easy to do. This is scarier then Friday the 13th V A new beginning and that is not easy to do. This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. 4.4 is underrating it. This is a 9. I do not know why people do like this movie. It is very scary. Scarier then Halloween resurrection could ever be. This is a classic. This is scarier then Thing (1982). And that is not easy to do. See this movie. It is a great movie.

A shocker with Barbara Payton, Chaney, Burr, Conway, Cavanagh, Strode (I hope he wasn't playing in drag the witch …); Curt Siodmak had the destiny of the 2nd brother who directs, somewhat like Wilder's brother, which in his situation seems unfair, it's almost never mentioned that he has made movies, like this one or the kindred TV series. I liked that Barbara has been given the right to a loud scream.Curt Siodmak's directing is light and subtle, unassuming and intelligent, like in the later TV series.2nd, the storyline resembles very much that of the director's TV series, '13 Demon Street'. It's almost like that series' pilot. The idea is the same.3rd, Burr surprised me again with his modern appearance and also style, he reminds a bit of Sutherland (or even M. Sheen, but not necessarily), more of an early '70s look.4th, Chaney does a very smooth and likable role here, as the indigenous commissioner. He's a bit nonchalant and 5th, although Curt Siodmak stated his dissatisfaction with Chaney being cast as the monster written by him, nevertheless he directed Chaney, and not only in this feverish shocker, but also in the TV series.6th, Cavanagh, who plays the older husband, resembled the father in law of Doug from 'King of Queens', and it was good he has been wasted, expended soon.7th, you will see the names of Broder and Leven, plus H. Cohen, on the credits, which are associated with a lousy jungle comedy disgracing Lugosi's late career (in fact, it was from the same epoch). So they produced both one of the worst, and one of the best, jungle movies.

In this entertaining horror flick we have a love triangle in an Amazonian rubber plantation resulting in a womanising steward murdering his boss. This leads to a voodoo practicing, loyal servant of the unfortunate dead man to use black magic to turn his killer into a sukaras (were-ape to you or me).I suppose this movie combined that popular staple of the 40's – the jungle film – within a traditional horror film narrative, while still managing to include that other 40's cinematic obsession, a man in a gorilla suit. You'd have to say that it's not the most inspired concoction and one that may have actually been a little dated by the early 50's when sci-fi was all the rage. But from today's perspective it works quite well and the jungle setting gives it something a bit different for what is effectively a horror film, albeit one that I seriously doubt was ever scary to anyone ever. Whatever the case, it features one of the regulars of the genre, Lon Chaney Jr., as a police commissioner. It's not an especially memorable role and is at best peripheral to the overall story. While there is nothing to get particularly excited about here, this one is a perfectly enjoyable time-filler in a Tuesday afternoon kind of way. And there's nothing wrong with that at the end of the day.