Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

gavin6942 When a wealthy man (Lionel Atwill) is threatened by a killer known as the Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.Although included in public domain horror box sets, and featuring Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill, there really isn't anything horror about this. It is something of a comedy, and something of a mystery. The mystery part isn't all that great, as I think the audience is smarter than the script.The humor is okay. The real mystery is about the Ritz Brothers. Where did they go? 75 years later, we still know the Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers, but the Ritz Brothers are barely a fading memory. Is it time for them to get a renaissance? Maybe a box set?

Bezenby This film would have worked a lot better if they had played it straight and taken out the Ritz Brothers. There's a serial killer called The Gorrila who sends people threatening letters and then kills them within twenty-four hours of sending the message. Some rich insurer's just received such a message, so he's hired the Ritz Brothers to find out what's going on. They all meet at the rich guy's house. Also present is his daughter and her fiancé, butler Bela Legosi, and a maid who's voice could strip paint. There also does seem to be a gorilla present, plus a mysterious man who likes to hide in the secret passageways of the house.I'd read bad reviews of this one, but luckily it's not quite as painful as people make out. The Ritz Brothers, however, are pretty bad, although I've never been a big fan of The Three Stooges either. The actress who plays the maid is even worse, just screaming at the top of her voice until you'll be wanting to shove your feet inside your ears. Or her mouth.Terrible comedy aside, a film with a gorilla in it, set on a stormy night in a house full of secret passages, with Bela Legosi in it as a creepy butler, isn't a total failure. There's plenty of mystery, double crosses, and gorilla action that I couldn't but enjoy it. I just wish they had played it straight.

kai ringler first let's say that this isn't a top 50 horror movie, with that mindset I watched this for pure enjoyment, laughs and such. Bela Lugosi had some funny lines, sure this wasn't his best performance by far but I thought that this movie was quite interesting,, u have an unknown killer for most of the movie going around writing notes saying that a certain character is going to die at midnight. not a bad premise,, the man hires 3 detectives and a slew of others to protect him while they try to discover the identity of the killer,, I thought that this movie was pretty good given the lack of scares that it presented, I thought that this was very funny and definitely had it's moments,, sort of a campy movie instead of a scary one.

Polaris_DiB Slapstick comedy featuring the Ritz brothers. Who are the Ritz brothers? I don't know, I've never heard of them until now, but they seem a very cheap and shoddy imitation of the Marx brothers. They play detectives out to catch "The Gorilla", a man who kills people after sending them threats 24 hours in advance. The Ritz bros. bungle and trip their way to discovering the truth of the matter, and hilarity is supposed to ensue. It doesn't. The comedy falls flat--or maybe not enough, as sometimes it's supposed to--and the plot is completely illogical.The movie gets some props for generally trying to have fun with the hidden passageways motif and Bela Lugosi's usual outrageousness, but the problem with camp is that when it's camp horror, it's funny, and when it's camp comedy, it's not, meaning that this movie is kind of suspended between both by boredom and disinterest.--PolarisDiB