Mistress of the Apes is a 1979 film from Larry Buchanan.
Plot
After losing her baby, anthropologist's wife Susan Jamison heads an expedition to Africa to find her missing husband. There she discovers a group of ape men who decide to adopt her as their queen.
Cast
Jenny Neumann as Susan Jamison
Barbara Leigh as Laura Thurston
Garth Pillsbury as Paul Cory
Walt Robin as David Thurston
Stuart Lancaster as Brady
Mark Rhudy as Matthews
Marius Mazmanian as Sikes
Suzy Mandel as Secretary
Reception
TV Guide panned the film, rating it one star and writing "The farfetched premise makes for some pretty entertaining moments, including some unintentionally funny philosophical meandering." Writing in the Independent Critic, Richard Propes described the film as "fairly close to dreadful" and "so bad that it's highlight would have to be the Tom Jones like vocals [...] that's sort of a cross between tribal rhythms and Vegas lounge."