Caught an awesome theatrical showing of this last night hosted by sleaze/rockabilly wild-man Johnny Legend. Although it doesn't feature the great Santo or Blue Demon this one is probably my favorite of the lucha-libre/horror movies from Mexico. It covers all three bases as far as blood, breasts & beasts go. You get a half-man/ half-gorilla going around tearing the clothes off women, attempting rape and also tearing people apart with his bare hands. Heads roll, eyes roll and there's some masked lady wrasslin' to break up this "orgy of terror". Thanks to director Rene Cardona, who is basically just remaking his earlier film DOCTOR OF DOOM, this piles up the 70's blood and crazy over-the-top gore, including real scenes of some heart surgery, enough to make fans of later splatter-filled movies happy. Thank you Mexico!
AKA GOMAR: THE HUMAN GORILLA & HORROR AND SEX .
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