This is the reason I blog. If I can persuade just one person to go out and see a film like Night of the Bloody Apes then all my efforts have not been in vain. I hope you find it soon.

Bill C.

It certainly is. I enjoyed it. Same director as many of the Santos films and Wrestling Women vs the Aztec Mummies.

Nigel

I am new to Mexican horror and cinema in general myself. I was impressed with the Mexican version of Dracula which I think was released the same years as the Lugosi version. If you get the chance check it out. The sets are very worked out and atmospheric and Dracula’s brides are very erotic and spooky.

The old way of staging a scene is something I miss in post 70’s films. I love the old Johnny Weismuller Tarzan film and the jungle sets, more than the ones that shot in an actual jungle!

“some of the sets were well set up for look and effect.”

I wonder if this is a common thing in Mexican horror. I haven’t really seen a lot but I watched Satanico Pandemonium and Alucarda recently and both had the most startling and vivid colours and the latter incidentally had a script that seemed to consist almost entirely of the word “Justine!” and screaming.

Dare I suggest Bavaesque?

But yes, some of the sets were well set up for look and effect. In one scene where the ape man is attacking the girl in the green dress the scene is very lush and vibrant but you can see the blanket or cloth that was laid on the studio floor to represent the park ground move under the bodies of the actors. Sort of cool.