History Film / NightOfTheBloodyApes

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* NoPronunciationGuide: Dr. Krallman's dub actor seems to have a bit of difficulty agreeing on the pronunciation of Julio's name. Sometimes he will pronounce it correctly, and at other times he will pronounce it as "Giulio".

* {{Frankenslation}}: Originally released in 1969, the film was re-released three years later in an English-dubbed form, with new scenes inserted by another director to increase the gore for the American audience. The recut also changes the conclusion of the film so that [[spoiler:it is Lucy's boyfriend Lt. Martinez rather than Lucy herself who finally dispatches the wayward beast.]] Unfortunately, this has the effect of rendering much of Lucy's screen time rather redundant.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: Originally released in 1969, the film was re-released three years later in an English-dubbed form, with new scenes inserted by another director to increase the gore for the American audience. The recut also changes the conclusion of the film so that [[spoiler:it is Lucy's boyfriend Lt. Martinez rather than Lucy herself who finally dispatches the wayward beast.]] Unfortunately, this has the effect of rendering much of Lucy's screen time rather redundant.

The plot concerns a MadScientist named Dr. Krallman (Moreno) who [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys transplants a gorilla's heart]] into his dying son Julio (Agustín Martínez Solares), saving Julio's life but causing him to mutate into a monstrous, ape-like creature who embarks on a rape and murder spree before being brought to justice by a ''luchadora'' named Lucy Osorio (Lazareno). The plot of the film does not concern Lucy bringing the ape-man to justice — rather, she has a much less pronounced role in the plot, the focus being primarily on Dr. Krallman and his increasingly desperate attempts to rescue his son from death.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Or rather, bloody apes.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Needless to say, transplanting a gorilla's heart into a human patient won't cause the patient to mutate into a super-strong, murderous beast. In fact, doing so is more likely to result in tissue rejection.

* VideoNasty: Appeared on the DPP's list due in part to the added gore scenes.

* {{Gorn}}: Including StockFootage of an actual transplant operation.

* OrchestralBombing: The score by Antonio Díaz Conde is quite melodramatic.

* EyeScream: Julio's beast form squeezes the left eye out of one of his victims (which apparently consists of what one blogger describes as "a half-sphere type of thing backed by what appears to be a racquetball sized amount of grade-school paste or some kind of hot breakfast cereal.")

* EyeScream: Julio's beast form squeezes the left eye out of one of his victims (which apparently consists of a half-sphere type of thing backed by what appears to be a racquetball sized amount of grade-school paste or some kind of hot breakfast cereal.)

* OrchestralBombing: The score by Antonio Díaz Conde is ''very'' melodramatic.

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* PapaBear: This is Dr. Krallman's primary motive - he is desperate to save his son's life by any means necessary.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Dr. Krallman's dub actor seems to have a bit of difficulty agreeing on the pronunciation of Julio's name. Sometimes he will pronounce it pronounce it correctly, and at other times he will pronounce it as "Giulio".

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Goyo has his head ripped straight off by Julio's beast form.]]

''Night of the Bloody Apes'', originally titled ''La Horripilante bestia humana'' ("The Horrible Man-Beast"), is a 1969 Mexican exploitation horror film directed by René Cardona, Sr. and starring José Elías Moreno, Carlos López Moctezuma, and Norma Lazareno, infamous for appearing on the DPP's list of VideoNasties during the 1980s.