Kong Hits
Movies to go Ape Over
King Kong through the ages.
It Is What It Is: King Kong Escapes: Kong Hits V
King Kong Escapes is one of - if not the - strangest entries in the King Kong cannon. (As an aside saying ‘King Kong cannon’ out loud is a fun thing to do. Go ahead, try it.) But if you unpack what this movie is it is a wonder that it even exists.It is a live action sequel loosely based on an animated series that is itself loosely based on a live action film that
Dr. Who Meets Bond: The King Kong Show: Kong Hits IV
So this entry in the Kong project is the one I am (or was) least familiar with; that is I don’t remember seeing this as a child. But it feels familiar somehow, like I should have seen it. It has a “played in syndication for the majority of the 70s on a local UHF station” kind of feel to it. And that probably comes from the similar type of animation that was being picked up
Do you think King Kong smiles? King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962): Kong Hits III
This is one of the more…let’s go with interesting…entries in this project. King Kong vs. Godzilla is a crossover, a comedy, and a curiosity. And it is something to behold that’s for sure. It began life as a sequel to the original film called King Kong Meets Frankenstein. The proposed treatment was by Willis O'Brien (the original animator of King Kong) and was to feature a giant sized Frankenstein’s Monster battling King Kong in
A Little Kong: Son of Kong (1933): Kong Hits II
If you thought that a hastily thrown together sequel rushed into production and released as soon as possible as a cynical gash-grab to capitalize on its far superior predecessor was a modern phenomenon you are sorely mistaken! That’s been happening since pretty much the advent of filmmaking in general. Case in point: Son of Kong. Now to be fair Son of Kong isn’t a bad film – it’s actually quite charming in its own
King of his World: King Kong (1933): Kong Hits I
At the beginning of the year I did the obligatory blogger thing of making a “best of” list. In it I stated my guilty pleasure of the year was Kong: Skull Island. This is a clichéd giant monster movie filled with every trope of the genre you could possibly think of and yet I still enjoyed the ever-loving hell out of it so much I now own it on Blu-ray. And as I sat
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