(20th Century Fox, 1970) In this well-received sequel to the 1968 Planet of the Apes, mutant humans live underground and fight to regain human control of Earth over those “damned, dirty apes”. They use mind-control ability to project illusions of a terrifying nature The illusion only proves to fool the less intelligent gorillas, as the mutants’ ruse is exposed by the head chimpanzee, Dr. Zaius, when he realizes that a stone statue of their “Lawgiver” religious leader could not spontaneously begin to bleed. The monumental statue is made to fall during the scene
