Dungeon Beast Film.

[jockland]

I remember a film clip that showed a guy in a robe taking a woman down a staircase, inside a castle.  He opens a door to a dungeon and pushes her inside, where she is a attacked by an ape-like creature.  It had a hammer horror feel to it; set in medieval times.

Does anyone know the name of it?

[Bargle5]

"The Curse of the Werewolf" has a woman raped in a dungeon by an imprisoned beggar. I seem to recall him looking pretty ratty, but it's been a long time since I've seen it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054777/combined

[JaseSF]

Might it perhaps be Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell?

[retrorussell]

Or maybe a film version of the classic Edgar Allan Poe story THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE.  There's a killer ape in it.

[JaseSF]

Yeah there's numerous cheesy killer ape films from the black and white era of films too (from the 30s in particular, but even from the 40s through the 80s - Kong Island has cheesy ape, or should I say guys in ratty ape suits, attacks) although this sounds far more polished from the description.