This silly, stagebound but entertaining little monster-mash from Universal horror writer/director
Curt Siodmak stars burly
Raymond Burr as a steward on a rubber plantation whose romantic tryst with the boss' wife (
Barbara Payton) eventually leads to the employer's murder. When one of the voodoo-practicing servants of the ex-boss learns of this, he concocts a magic potion which transforms Burr (apparently) into a "sukaras" -- a kind of were-ape which roams the village by night, savaging the locals and sparking a plodding investigation by the local constable (
Lon Chaney, Jr.). Enjoyable if only for its relentless goofiness, with an ending that will have most viewers wondering if
Siodmak forgot to include a reel or two in his final edit. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide