The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla.
Deep in the South American jungle plantation manager Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife (Barbara Payton). However, an old native witch witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?—Jeremy Lunt <[email protected]>
In the Amazonian jungle, Barney Chavez manages a plantation for Klaas Van Gelder. He's also in love with the man's beautiful wife, Dina. Soon after killing Van Gelder so he and Dina an marry, he also spurns the native girl with whom he had been having an affair. To exact revenge, the Van Gelder's old housekeeper drugs Chavez to ensure that the new marriage will be a short one.—garykmcd
On a remote rubber plantation Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) spends much time dodging work and visiting with the bosss wife Dina Van Gelder (Barbara Payton) whom he tells he would like to take away from her husband. When her husband, the boss Klass Von Gelder (Paul Cavanagh) dies from mysterious causes Barney makes a play for Dina but the house maid Larina (Carol Varga) uses ancient magic to cast a spell on Barney. Barney begins to change before his own eyes into a Gorilla and family physician Dr. Viet (Tom Conway) sees that the man is laboring under something he believes is poison. When investigating the rampage of a sukara, local constable Taro (Lon Chaney, Jr.) realizes that Barney is disappearing at night coinciding with ravaging animal killings in the land and he and Dr. Viet work to get to the bottom of the mystery. Barney suffers long lapses of memory loss, and continues to see himself as a Gorilla which shakes his psychological foundation. Barney takes Dina hostage and Taro and Dr. Viet fight to free the woman from the ravages of this strange creature on the loose.
