Bride of the Gorilla is a 1951 horror B-movie film written and directed by Curt Siodmak and starring Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., Barbara Payton and Tom Conway.

Plot

Deep in the Latin American jungles, plantation manager Barney Chavez kills his elderly employer, who is married to the beautiful Dina Van Gelder. Old native witch Al-Long witnesses the murder and places a curse on Barney, who transforms into a rampaging gorilla-like beast each night. Superstitious police commissioner Taro investigates the plantation owner's death and a rash of strange animal killings. He interviews farmers who have seen the bloodthirsty animal, which they identify as Sukara, a mythical jungle demon resembling a gorilla.