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March 10, 2025 112 mins

Let's watch "King Kong" (1933), the number one rated horror movie on Rotten Tomatoes. Is it really horror, or simply an early presentation of groundbreaking special effects? Directed by Merian C Cooper, and starring Fay Wray & Bruce Cabot.


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00:00 - Welcome!

07:46 - Starting King Kong (1933)

08:00 - The Making of Kong

15:00 - The Problems with Early Film Making

19:20 - Skull Island: A Journey into Hell

20:25 - Kong: The Director's Cut

23:50 - Is King Kong a Horror Movie?

25:40 - The First Laser Disc & Commentary Track was Kong

27:00 - King Kong 1978

28:00 - Peter Jackson's King Kong

29:00 - The Making of Kong

37:50 - The Best Budget Ever

42:00 - Interpreting King Kong

52:30 - The Various Sizes of King Kong

58:20 - Fay Wray's Acting Resume

1:00:00 - Did King Kong Invent the Loch Ness Monster?

1:03:00 - How Many People Die in this Movie?

1:07:00 - MONSTER FIGHTS!!

1:34:00 - King Kong Escapes

1:37:30 - King Kong in the 70s

1:42:00 - Kong on The Empire State Building

1:47:20 - Twas Beauty that killed The Beast

1:48:00 - More Like This

1:52:50 - Green Grass and High Tides Forever


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