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A search for The Gorilla on DVD turns up surprisingly few results, at least compared to a lot of the similar films I've researched. A testament to how truly awful this old “classic” really is?

There are a handful of DVD offerings. I found very few multi-movie packs offering this title including a Blu-ray, but it's likely that there are others that I missed.

I got it in a 50 pack of “Horror Classics.”

Video:

1.33: There is no widescreen version. The image is very grainy with a little bit of trash (a lot of it at times). The video flickers and just generally looks low quality.

Audio:

1.0 mono: The audio sounds like there's a shower running in the background the whole time. There's some louder crackles and pops here and there. The dialogue is at least clear.

Packaging:

This disc is housed in a cardboard sleeve contained in a Velcro-fastened box though it's been repackaged in plastic. You can read about the set as a whole in great detail in the Horror Classics (50 pack) guide.

Extras:

There are no extras of any kind.

Other Editions:

All releases give the same specs with no mention of remastering or extras so you can get an idea of what you're in for by reading about the release I have.

The "Old Dark House" Blu collection seems to be part of a slowly growing trend (or perhaps attempt at a trend) of using Blu's storage capacity to fit a lot of movies on a single disc. Several public domain films (some very common, some fairly rare) reside on a single disc in standard 480i definition (no HD here). The best I can say for these is that they seem to occasionally present the original image ratios and may be very slightly improved quality over some of the cheaper DVD budget packs. Otherwise they offer nothing special aside from being exceptionally self-space friendly. They offer no extras and can be somewhat hard to find.

Final Thoughts:

There doesn't appear to be a truly “good” transfer of the movie available. Your best bet is to just get the best bargain you can like the 50 pack of mine.