The Ape Man / Doomed to Die (Double Feature)

More Poverty Row hi-jinks starring Bela Lugosi, the actor who famously passed on the monster's role in FRANKENSTEIN (1931) because he didn't want to be burdened by the cumbersome makeup (a performance that instantly catapulted unknown bit-player, Boris Karloff, into stardom). Now the aging Lugosi finds himself lumbering around the threadbare set of THE APE MAN as the half-gorilla, titular character who can't even stand up straight without receiving a shot of human spinal fluid! How times had changed by 1943! In DOOMED TO DIE (1940), Boris Karloff continues his questionably sketchy portrayal of Asian master Detective, Mr. Wong, as he investigates a killing that implicates the young fiancee of the murder victim's daughter. Finally, as an added extra treat... a look at MONOGRAM PICTURES' famous 1940's Blooper Reel, featuring flubbed lines and humorous outtakes from their various productions, including Monogram's Westerns, Crime Dramas and even a few of Boris Karloff from his MR. WONG series.