Night Of The Bloody Apes (1969)

aka: La Horripilante Bestia Humana

Remake of Cardona's Doctor Of Doom (1962) is spiced with nudity, medical footage, women wrestling and cheap gore shots. Female masked wrestler Lucy beats the stuffing out of an opponent and then hurls her from the squared circle, knocking her out cold. Although Lucy's cop boyfriend tries to convince her that it's all part of the show, Lucy can no longer handle the stress of wrestling. Meanwhile, a mad scientist (Dr. Krellman) attempts to cure his son's leukemia by doing the first “ape-to-human” heart transplant. There is actual footage of a graphic open heart surgery inserted for the ape operation scenes. This causes the boy to become deformed and mutated. He sprouts excessive facial hair and takes on the characteristics of the organ's donor, who immediately goes on a bloody rampage, tearing clothes off women and faces off men.