Bad movies involving a Gorilla

Goji_girl · July 03, 2007, 09:28:02 AM

I could only name two so far, A*P*E and The mighty Gorga.

Here is a clip from each movie
Take a deep breath (Turst me, you'll need it!)

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk3jUxjfKKg

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xil2YKJpOWE

Fishasaurus · July 03, 2007, 09:55:31 AM

The Mighty Peking Man is craptacular!

Scott · July 03, 2007, 10:16:19 AM

Wow, I was holding a straight face till he threw the egg at the mother. That's to funny. Or when the ape walks over that cow figure.

zombie no.one · July 03, 2007, 10:40:31 AM

The Erotic Witch Project

anyone whose seen this will know which bit I mean

Mr. DS · July 03, 2007, 11:22:45 AM

I can recall a few involving not necessarily Gorillas but simians of some sort such as The Ape and The Apeman. I've always thought simians=funny no matter what they're involved in.

raj · July 03, 2007, 11:24:57 AM

Quote from: depressed crack addict on July 03, 2007, 10:40:31 AM
The Erotic Witch Project

anyone whose seen this will know which bit I mean

Dang, you beat me to it. He's also in the sequel.

Oh, and there's also Kinky Kong, which I haven't seen yet.

Oldskool138 · July 03, 2007, 11:28:14 AM

King Kong (2005). 'Nuff said.

Raffine · July 03, 2007, 12:33:56 PM

A genereal rule of thumb is if a movie features a guy in a gorilla suit, it's probably a b-movie.

Even if that guy is Rick Baker.

Goji_girl · July 03, 2007, 12:47:21 PM

Quote from: Scott on July 03, 2007, 10:16:19 AM
Wow, I was holding a straight face till he threw the egg at the mother. That's to funny. Or when the ape walks over that cow figure.

Yeah, and if you look closely, when the dinosaur lifts up his head when he looks at Gorga, you can see the bottom rim of the head.

JaseSF · July 03, 2007, 03:09:45 PM

Actually there's numerous movies from the 1930s, 40s and 50s featuring guys in gorilla suits. The Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and the Bowery Boys all dealt with them.

zombie no.one · July 03, 2007, 03:16:18 PM

Quote from: raj on July 03, 2007, 11:24:57 AM
Quote from: depressed crack addict on July 03, 2007, 10:40:31 AM
The Erotic Witch Project

anyone whose seen this will know which bit I mean

Dang, you beat me to it. He's also in the sequel.

me and my friend hired it out for the night - possibly expecting something half-way decent (!), so once we got past the fact of how terrible it was, when the gorilla scene came we were literally rolling on the floor almost crying. havent seen the sequel, lol. maybe one day... maybe not.

Raffine · July 03, 2007, 03:28:50 PM

Quote from: JaseSF on July 03, 2007, 03:09:45 PM
Actually there's numerous movies from the 1930s, 40s and 50s featuring guys in gorilla suits. The Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and the Bowery Boys all dealt with them.

Ah, yes.

Back in the day, any moderately eccentric scientist worth his salt kept a killer gorilla in a tiny cage in his lab.

I think Lugosi's THE APE MAN is the CITIZEN KANE of guys in a gorilla suit movies.

RCMerchant · July 03, 2007, 05:18:15 PM

Hmmm...lotsa good stuf covered here! Lemme see...
.WHITE PONGO-(PRC,1945) If it's by PRC...you know it's a quality(?) picture (hehehe)
.WHITE GORILLA (1947) An ape gets thrown out of his tribe for being the wrong color....most of this mess is made up of an old silent serial with narration added.
.The JUNGLE WOMAN series of films of the 40's by Universal all had cool mad doctors (John Carridine, J.Carrol Naish,and Otto(DRACULA'S DAUGHTER) Krueger,and one even featured Rondo Hatton! All feature an ape being changed into a woman,and versa visa!
.SCHLOCK-aka the BANANA MONSTER (1972).Director John Landis's first movie...and he plays an ape in a suit done by then rookie Rick Baker! Forry Ackerman has a bit in it too!
Oh yeah...BELA LUGOSI meets a BROOKLYN GORILLA.....

[youtube=425,350] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHp11QhJcHs....how embarrasing...

Captain Tars Tarkas · July 03, 2007, 05:41:52 PM

Didn't they make White Gorilla just so they could reuse the costume from White Pongo? I remember hearing that a few years ago. I have the buget DVD of White Pongo, but haven't picked up White Gorilla.

Raffine · July 03, 2007, 05:57:01 PM

QuoteI have the buget DVD of White Pongo, but haven't picked up White Gorilla.

Definitely find a copy of this one!

WHITE PONGO is fun, but THE WHITE GORILLA is truly hilarious!

Like RC said, it's padded out with lots of footage from some silent jungle epic. Multi-talented Ray "Crash" Corrigan plays the human lead and the white gorilla! It seems being rejected by his black brothers has caused the white gorilla to turn into a spiteful bully. He beats the crap out of everything in his path, steals native children, and just generally has a bad attitude.

It's pretty funny watching the really bonehead attempts to mix the new footage with the old stuff. There is a impressively wild cult ceremony in a cave (from the old footage, of course) that ends badly for everyone. There's also a chubby jungle boy who rides around on a real elephant's trunk (from the old footage) and some impressive acrobatics from the hero (from the old footage). The new footage is mostly people standing around and Corrigan and a guy in the black gorilla suit running around, fighting, and throwing sticks at each other.