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4.7/10 • 10

1934-03-301h 2m

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It Struck From The Tomb!

Out of the Mystic Temples of Old India crept this terrible Monster to wreak vengeance of the Hindu Gods. One by one its victims fell with not a trace of the bloody assassin.

Directors
William Nigh

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  1. Ed Lowry

    Ed Lowry

    Dylan "Jack" Armstrong

  2. Verna Hillie

    Verna Hillie

    Ella Browning

  3. John Sheehan

    John Sheehan

    Harry Smith

  4. Brandon Hurst

    Brandon Hurst

    Hindu Priest

  5. Joyzelle Joyner

    Joyzelle Joyner

    Chanda

  6. Fritzi Ridgeway

    Fritzi Ridgeway

    Stella Walker

  7. Clay Clement

    Clay Clement

    John Prendergast

  8. George 'Gabby' Hayes

    George 'Gabby' Hayes

    David Fells

  9. Dale Fuller

    Dale Fuller

    Geraldine Carfax

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CinemaSerf

Jun 13, 2022

5/10

Half way through this film, I felt as sure I'd seen it before as if I, too, had a crystal ball just like the guru-esque high priest who brings down the curse of Kali on poor old archaeologist "Prendergast" (Clay Clement) after he inadvertently killed a monkey. Luckily, he is rescued from a fate worse than death by belly-dancing "Chandra" (Joyzelle Joyner) and manages to escape - with some loot. Skip forward many years and the man - now calling him self "Pren" - reconvenes the team in his country house with a view dividing the proceeds - but with one small proviso: they must bide with him for one week. Easy-peasy think they, but soon the curse starts to take effect and the list of inheritors starts to dwindle... It's actually quite a fun little story, just way too derivative - you've seen it all before. The acting is pretty lethargic, the settings very stage bound and the dialogue serves little more purpose than as a tram line getting us to the inevitable conclusion. Oh - and yes, there's a big ape... but is he a man or a monkey? Passes an hour but you won't remember much afterwards.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
killer ape