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La horripilante bestia humana (1968)
Country of Origin:
Mexico
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 81 mins (UK theatrical)
83 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Unistar
Executive Producer: Guillermo Calderón Stell
Producer: Alfredo Salazar Young
Production Manager: Fidel Pizarro
SCRIPT
Script: René Cardona, René
Cardona Jr
DIRECTION
Director: René Cardona
Assistant Directors: Valerio Olivo, Manuel Alcayde
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Raúl Martínez Solares
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Jorge Bustos
MUSIC
Music: Antonio Díaz Conde
SOUND
Sound Editor: Jose Liho
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: María del Castillo
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Javier Torres Torija
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Javier Torres Torija
Art Director: Carlos Arjona
LOCATIONS
Locations: Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, México D.F., Mexico
CAST
José Elías Moreno (Dr Krauman)
Carlos López Moctezuma (Lt Arthur Martinez)
Armando Silvestre (Julio)
Norma Lazareno (Lucy)
Agustín Martínez Solares (Goyo)
Noelia Noel (victim)
Javier Rizo
Gerardo Cepeda
Gina Morett (woman in shower)
Juan Fava (El Físico Nuclear)
PLOT SUMMARY
Dr Krauman tries to cure his son's leukemia by attempting the first
transplant of a gorilla heart into a human body. The resulting creature
goes on the rampage attacking everyone he comes across.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A completely mad Mexican wrestling / horror hybrid, boasting real
heart transplant footage in place of expensive special effects, terrible
fight scenes and the world's worst man-in-a-gorilla-suit monster.
Deeply silly but almost irresistable, it's undoubtedly a very
bad film but so much fun that you'll forgive is just about anything.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Grand National
Video Distributors: Iver Film Services; Vipco; Satanica
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Azteca Films Inc; Jerand Film Distributors
Inc
Video Distributors: Gorgon Video; MPI Home Video; Something Weird Video
DVD Distributor: Image Entertainment Inc
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: X; 18
USA
Rating: R
TIMELINE
1974
October
Day Unknown: UK - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
They rip, they claw, they tear you to pieces!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Gomar: The Human Gorilla
Horror and Sex
Horror y sexo – alternative version title
Korang, la terrificante bestia umana – Italian
title
Night of the Bloody Apes – UK / US title
LINKS
REMAKE OF
Las luchadoras contra el médico asesino (1962)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trashorama Show Vol. 6 (1999)
Mad Ron's Prevue's from Hell (1987)
Shiver and Shudder Show (2001)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Cineinforme no.206/207 (September 1974)
p.57 (Spain)
review
CinemaTV Today no.10108 (9 November 1974)
p.13 (UK)
credits, review (by Marjorie Bilbow)
Guia de Filmes no.36 (November / December
1971) p.259 (Brazil)
review
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.41 no.491 (December
1974) p.276 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by Tom Milne)
Sight and Sound vol.3 no.9 (September
1993) p.61 (UK)
note
KEYWORDS
gore; gorillas; hearts; heart transplants; human experiment; remakes;
scientists; video nasties; wrestling
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