Son of Ingagi (1940)

Directed by

Richard C. Kahn

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple inherits a house from a doctor who brought back a monster from Africa. The monster goes on a rampage after drinking a potion, and the new owners must deal with it.

datedlow-budgetcampymelodramaticcreepyold-fashionedsuspenseful

What happens

Son of Ingagi is a 1940 American film directed by Richard C. Kahn. It was the first science fiction horror film to feature an all-black cast. It was written by Spencer Williams based on his own short story, House of Horror. Although the film's title appears to suggest that it is a sequel to the 1930 movie Ingagi, it is not. (The latter is an exploitation film in the guise of an ethnographic film in which purported African women are given over to gorillas as sex slaves.) Son of Ingagi is about Elanor and Bob Lindsay inheriting the house of doctor Helen Jackson who had just returned from her trip to Africa. Jackson also had returned with a missing link monster named N'Gina as well as African gold. When N'Gina drinks the doctor's potion, it puts him into a rage that makes him murder Dr. Jackson. The Lindsay family inherits Jackson's house where they soon find the presence of the monster. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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