1967, Mexico & Argentina
Horror, Thriller
A double-feature that you should not watch alone! Not because you will be frightened, but because it is more fun to yell at this absurdity with friends.
In the 1968 Mexican (English dubbed) Night of the Bloody Apes, a doctor is so overcome with grief for his dying son that he is willing to go to extremes to save his life. With his hunchbacked assistant in tow, the doctor kidnaps an ape from the zoo for his son's heart transplant. He should have known his son would not only take on the face of a wild beast but begin to act like one, as he rapes and pillages the surrounding city. Lots of ripped flesh, torn dresses and women's masked wrestling.
The second feature is the 1967 Argentine (also English dubbed) Feast of Flesh, surrounding the mysterious murders of a beach town's young women. With so many male suspects, it is hard to know which one to pick when the eerie music calls to heroin-addicted women. The police could not be any more incompetent, as seen when they draw one victim to her death while using her as a Guinea pig to catch the killer, and when an officer offers to playfully spank another victim right after she has escaped from an attempted rape. The characters are so blasé about the murders, that it is not a surprise when a couple begins go-go dancing immediately after informing the authorities about their discovery of a dead body.
Both movies have quirkily hysterical moments, leaving the viewer wondering why bad B-movie drive-ins ever dissolved. Extras include trailers for both movies and for other similar high-brow double-features, and outtakes from Night of the Bloody Apes. Also included are early strip tease shorts, a women's wrestling contest, "The White Gorilla" safari short, and a music video of old horror comic book covers.