Night of the Bloody Apes (1969) - October 19, 2021

[MifuneFan]

Night of the Blood Apes, one of the earliest Video Nasties, will finally be released on Blu-ray on October 19th. Unfortunately, it's from VCI, but it looks to have a nice set of extras, including a second feature-film, Doctor of Doom (1979).

This cheap Mexican horror film is a remake of Cardona's Doctor of Doom (1962), spiced with nudity, medical footage, women wrestling, and cheap gore shots. Female masked wrestler Lucy (who looks like the devil) beats the stuffing out of an opponent - a wrestling lady with a red costume like Catwoman. Lucy finally hurls her opponent from the squared circle and knocks her out cold. Although Lucy's cop boyfriend tries to convince her that it's all part of the show, Lucy can no longer handle the stress of wrestling. Meanwhile, a mad scientist (Dr. Krellman) attempts to cure his son's leukemia by doing the first 'ape-to-human' heart transplant. He decides to put a gorilla's heart into the lad and orders his flunky to "prepare the gorilla!". There is actual footage of a graphic open-heart surgery inserted in the ape operation scenes. This of course causes the boy to turn into a big stinky man-ape. He becomes deformed and mutated, as he sprouts excessive facial hair and takes on the characteristics of the organ's donor, who immediately goes on a bloody rampage, tearing clothes off women and faces off men. (IMDB)

Bonus Materials

• Commentary Track by Travis Crawford Contributing Writer, Filmmaker, Film Comment, The Calvert Journal.
• Video Essay on Night of the Bloody Apes and Doctor of Doom by Dr. David Wilt, Systems Librarian, University Libraries, University of Maryland and Professorial Lecturer in Film Studies, The George Washington University, and one of the leading authorities o
• Original Theatrical Trailers.
• Extensive Photo & Poster Gallery
• Liner Notes by Dr. David Wilt and Doctor of Doom by Dr. David Wilt, Systems Librarian, University Libraries, University of Maryland and Professorial Lecturer in Film Studies, The George Washington University, and one of the leading authorities on Mexican
• 2-Sided Coverwrap - one traditional and one that is a Video Nasty!