Mistress of the Apes
1979 American film
- 1979 (1979)
Mistress of the Apes is a 1979 film from Larry Buchanan.[1][2]
Plot
After losing her baby, anthropologist's wife Susan Jamison heads an expedition to Africa to find her missing husband. There she discovers a group of ape men who decide to adopt her as their queen.
Cast
- Jenny Neumann as Susan Jamison
- Barbara Leigh as Laura Thurston
- Garth Pillsbury as Paul Cory
- Walt Robin as David Thurston
- Stuart Lancaster as Brady
- Mark Rhudy as Matthews
- Marius Mazmanian as Sikes
- Suzy Mandel as Secretary
Reception
TV Guide panned the film, rating it one star and writing "The farfetched premise makes for some pretty entertaining moments, including some unintentionally funny philosophical meandering."[3] Writing in the Independent Critic, Richard Propes described the film as "fairly close to dreadful" and "so bad that it's highlight would have to be the Tom Jones like vocals [...] that's sort of a cross between tribal rhythms and Vegas lounge."[4]
References
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (6 January 2005). "Larry Buchanan Cinema shlockmeister, he made Z-movies that appalled and delighted audiences". The Guardian.
- ^ Craig, Rob (2005). The Films of Larry Buchanan: A Critical Examination. McFarland. pp. 202–208. ISBN 978-0-7864-2982-0.
- ^ "Mistress Of The Apes (review)". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ Propes, Richard. "The Independent Critic". The Independent Critic. The Independent Critic. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
External links
- Mistress of the Apes at IMDb
- Mistress of the Apes at TCMDB
- Mistress of the Apes[dead link] at BFI
- Review of film at Horrorview
- Review of film at Theatre of Guts
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Films directed by Larry Buchanan
- The Cowboy (short) (1951)
- Grubstake (1952)
- A Taste of Venom (1956)
- The Naked Witch (1961)
- Common Law Wife (1963)
- Free, White and 21 (1963)
- Naughty Dallas (1964)
- Under Age (1964)
- The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964)
- The Eye Creatures (1965)
- High Yellow (1965)
- Zontar, the Thing from Venus (1966)
- Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966)
- Sam (1967)
- Mars Needs Women (1967)
- In the Year 2889 (1967)
- Creature of Destruction (1967)
- Hell Raiders (1968)
- Comanche Crossing (1968)
- The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
- It's Alive! (1969)
- Strawberries Need Rain (1970)
- A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
- The Rebel Jesus (1972)
- Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)
- Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977)
- Mistress of the Apes (1979)
- The Loch Ness Horror (1981)
- Down on Us (1984)
- Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)
- The Copper Scroll of Mary Magdalene (2004)