Friday, June 23, 2023

The Bride and the Beast (1958)

A strange tale of past lives and jungle antics. An Ed Wood Jr creation that is surprisingly good.

Newly wed Laura (Charlotte Austin) is surprised to discover that her husband Dan (Lance Fuller) has a gorilla (Ray Corrigan in a gorilla suit of course) in his basement. However, as Dan is a big bang hunter maybe it is not that strange after all. Laura is strangely drawn to the gorilla and vice versa. When the gorilla escapes that night he is all tender with Laura, though Dan shoots him anyway!

Through hypnosis it is discovered that Laura has a past life as a gorilla! Despite all that, their honeymoon to Africa to shoot animals goes ahead anyway. Over in Africa, two escaped tigers throw Dan and Laura into peril, and Laura meets more gorillas...

Not a bad film but padded out with a little too much animal footage. The story is quite strange and has a very unexpected ending. The story drags a bit but is just enough to keep you interested.