The Ape - DVD

The Ape brings together two legends of horror, Frankenstein star Boris Karloff and The Wolf Man writer Curt Siodmak. Karloff stars as Dr. Adrian, a man who becomes obsessed with curing paralysis when he loses his beloved wife and daughter to the disease. Desperately trying to cure a crippled neighbor (Maris Wrixon), he discovers that he needs human spinal fluid for his vaccine - but how to get it? When an ape trainer at a local circus i

Boris Karloff stars as Dr. Bernard Adrian, a scientist experimenting with a cure for polio that requires a transfusion of spinal fluid. His samples destroyed by an escaped circus ape on a rampage (isn't that always the way), the desperate doc-having killed the crazed simian-decides to wear the animal's skin as he goes about murdering locals to replenish his supply of the precious fluid. It's the perfect crime! Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan co-star in this truly offbeat horror tale. 62 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

While engaged in a bizarre evolutionary experiment, scientist Jonathan Brewster (Bela Lugosi) is transformed into a hideous ape creature. Desperate to reverse the process, Brewster must acquire human spinal fluid. With his murderous gorilla henchman in tow, the pair sets out on a killing spree in an effort to affect a cure. Living up to his reputation for economical directing methods, director William Beaudine delivers a classic of the