In 1925, the first giant monster rampaged across the silver screen, stunning audiences with amazing prehistoric creations. The film was Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, and it heralded a new age in cinema. Close on its heels was the 1933 classic King Kong, a film that still stands today as one of the best…
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Konga (1961) – Review
“Not since King Kong has the screen exploded with such mighty fury and spectacle!” that was what the 1961 British/American international co-production of Konga proclaimed in their ad campaign, but they may have been overstating their case just a tad.
King Kong Lives (1986) – Review
The year is 1986, and it’s been ten years since we were treated to the big-budget remake of King Kong, and the eagerly awaited sequel has finally made it to the big screen…okay, maybe not so eagerly awaited; the memories we have of the 1976 remake aren’t all that great, but they’d get it right…