Queen Kong (1976)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Frank Agrama

Writers:

Frank Agrama (writer)
Robin Dobria (writer)

Release Date:

10 December 1976 (West Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

She's in one of her moods again!

Plot:

A female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew's male star. |

Plot Keywords:

Ape | Africa | Giant Animal | London England | Monster

Cast

Robin Askwith	...	Ray Fay
Rula Lenska	...	Luce Habit
Valerie Leon	...	Queen of the Nabongas
Roger Hammond
John Clive
Carol Drinkwater
Brian Godfrey
Anthony Morton
Fiona Curzon
Stanley Platts	...	Chief Constable
Linda Hayden	...	Singing Nun
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbara Allen	...	Crew Girl
Suzy Arthur	...	Crew Girl (as Suzie Arthur)
Harold Berens
Jeannette Charles	...	HM The Queen
Melita Clarke	...	Crew Girl
Jeannie Collings	...	Crew Girl
Geraldine Gardner	...	Crew Girl (as Trudi Van Doorn)
Kathryn Hayes	...	Crew girl
Eva Louise	...	Native Girl
Annette Lynton	...	Crew Girl

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK | France | West Germany | Italy

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG (2006)

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Cine Art Produzione

Trivia:

When the film was originally announced, Virgilio De Blasi and his company Canaria Films were given as Italian co-producers -- however the credits fail to mention either.

Quotes:

Ray Fay: Lazanga where they do the Konga?
Luce Habit: Our destination, where no Englishman has ever set foot!
Ray Fay: Why has no Englishman ever set foot there?
Luce Habit: Full of Australians.
Ray Fay: My God!

Movie Connections:

References Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

I wish I got drunk BEFORE watching this film...

What happens when a big-shot film producer like Dino De Laurentiis orders to take a low-budget production like "Queen Kong" out of circulation, supposedly because it discredits his own remake of the classic 1933 film? That's right, "Queen Kong" immediately became an immense cult-hit and probably a lot more popular than it ever would have been if De Laurentiis had simply ignored it! This is one of the most deranged comedies ever, only you laugh at how ridiculous it is and not so much at the script-jokes or parody situations. "Queen Kong" looks fresh & funny for about 10 minutes; during the opening sequences in which you unexpectedly witness that women are the strong gender here and men are all just redundant and insignificant wimps. The humor stops right after the "Libertine Lady" song which, I admit, has some of the coolest lyrics ever ("Burn your bra...Burn your panties...Call your mum...Call your aunties") and the rest of the film is amateurish nonsense and actually quite boring. Copying the original "King Kong" bit by bit, the story revolves on a female film crew that sets foot on a tropical island where the (once again female) natives idolize a humongous (oh yes...female) ape, named Queen Kong". She immediately fancies the male love interest of the film crew (character name: Ray Fay – ha ha!). Watching this film is only amusing in case you're severely drunk or under the influence of soft drugs, as it is a series of absurd gags that you simply can't appreciate in a sober condition. The special effects are lousy and the monsters even look faker than the ones in the absolute cheapest Japanese Godzilla rip-offs. It's a real shame that several of the cast members agreed to star in this garbage. They all previously starred in good, solid Brit-horror films. The gorgeous Valerie Léon was in "Blood From the Mummy's Tomb" and Linda Hayden (luckily, she only has a cameo) was in "Blood on Satan's Claw" and "Madhouse". The male lead Robin Askwith played in "Horror Hospital" and the regretfully underrated "Tower of Evil".