In the 1930s and 1940s there were scores of them.
A man in a gorilla suit was always killing someone, or kidnapping a pretty girl (boy gorillas never seemed to be interested in girl gorillas).
A man in a gorilla suit was always killing someone, or kidnapping a pretty girl (boy gorillas never seemed to be interested in girl gorillas).
Some were brain transplant movies - more mayhem. These were normal sized apes, not giants such as King Kong.
They had largely disappeared by the 1950s. Planet of the Apes set a much higher standard for ape costumes.
There was even a killer gorilla movie on the British Video Nasties list - Night of the Bloody Apes (why the plural ? There is only one ape on the rampage).
Not a lot in the way of toys or models either, except for King Kong; the Planet of the Apes Scene in a Bottle kits by Addar in the 1970s, and the gorillas in various zoo ranges.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
Which killer gorilla films do you like?
