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King of Kong Island

Original title: Eva, la Venere selvaggia
  • 19681968
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 32m
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2.6/10
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Eva, la Venere selvaggia (1968)
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Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explore... Read allEve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.
IMDb RATING
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879
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  • Director
    • Roberto Mauri
  • Writers
    • Walter Brandi(story)
    • Roberto Mauri
    • Ralph Zucker(story)
  • Stars
    • Brad Harris
    • Esmeralda Barros
    • Marc Lawrence
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  • Director
    • Roberto Mauri
  • Writers
    • Walter Brandi(story)
    • Roberto Mauri
    • Ralph Zucker(story)
  • Stars
    • Brad Harris
    • Esmeralda Barros
    • Marc Lawrence
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    • 25Critic reviews
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    Brad Harris
    Brad Harris
    • Burt Dawsonas Burt Dawson
    Esmeralda Barros
    Esmeralda Barros
    • Eva - The Savage Girlas Eva - The Savage Girl
    Marc Lawrence
    Marc Lawrence
    • Albert Mulleras Albert Muller
    Adriana Alben
    • Ursulaas Ursula
    Marc Fiorini
    Marc Fiorini
    • Robertas Robert
    • (as Mark Farran)
    Aldo Cecconi
    Aldo Cecconi
    • Theodoreas Theodore
    • (as Jim Clay)
    Paolo Magalotti
    • Turkas Turk
    • (as Paul Carter)
    Mario Donatone
    Mario Donatone
    • Forresteras Forrester
    • (as Dan Doney)
    Miles Mason
    • Malik - The Gorillaas Malik - The Gorilla
    Gino Turini
    • Turk's Goonas Turk's Goon
    • (as John Turner)
    Ursula Davis
    Ursula Davis
    • Dianaas Diana
    Gianni Pulone
    • Payroll Robberas Payroll Robber
    • (as Bianni Pulone)
    Emilio Messina
    Emilio Messina
    • Mercenary Shot by Albertas Mercenary Shot by Albert
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roberto Mauri
    • Writers
      • Walter Brandi(story)
      • Roberto Mauri
      • Ralph Zucker(story)
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    Storyline

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    A group of mad scientists travel to Kong Island where they implant receptors into the brains of gorillas planning to create a gorilla war for world domination. Out to break a few heads is a descendant of King Kong. —Ray Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>
    • mad scientist
    • jungle girl
    • experiment
    • mind control
    • remote control
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      • From the forest came the terror of...
    • Genres
      • Action
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      • Horror
      • Sci-Fi
    • Certificate
      • Unrated
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      Although the U.S. version was promoted under the title "King of Kong Island", the on screen title reads simply "Kong Island".
    • Goofs
      As Turk is assisting Albert implant the radio-control device in a gorilla, his surgical mask is not covering his nose. This defeats the goal of having a germ-free environment for the procedure to eliminate possible infections.
    • Quotes

      Albert Muller: [to Burt Dawson] You're an excellent specimen of the human race - strong, clever, brave. That's why I've chosen you for my first experiment on a human being. You'll have the honor of being the first man to become my slave.

    • Alternate versions
      The Retromedia DVD release offers two variants of Eva- La Venere Selvaggia ('Eva-The Savage Venus')- 'Kong Island' a watered down version that played US theaters in the late sixties and 'King of Kong Island' the 'uncut European version'. 'Kong Island' looks the better of the two but is poorly panned and scanned and removes shots of the thrill-seeking daughter's gorilla observed striptease, the whole introduction of Esmeralda Barros' topless female Tarzan character as well several instances where Barros' long hair fails to hide her bosom. Despite Retromedia's hyping of 'See: chicks without their tops' these scenes are unlikely to rustle even the most conservative of collars nowadays. 'King of Kong Island' restores all these previously censored moments, offers a new title sequence and presents the film in widescreen. Unfortunately this version has been sourced from a Greek video release, and so features large Greek subtitles, and quality which is bellow par for a DVD presentation. An uncut, letterboxed British release on the 'Intervision' label in the early 1980's, began the film with its US 'Kong Island' credits, but concluded with the Italian end credits (!), that allowed for a reprise of Barros' slow motion nude jog and alluded to the film's Italian/Spanish/New York financing
    • Connections
      Referenced in Best of the Worst: Russian Terminator, Ninja Vengeance, and Never Too Young to Die (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Eva's Beguine
      Written by Roberto Pregadio

      Performed by Edda Dell'Orso

    User reviews37

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    Talk about a misleading title!
    The Italian title for this film was EVE, THE WILD WOMAN which makes a lot better sense than the one attached to it for foreign distribution, KING OF KONG ISLAND. There is no king, no kong, and no island! This is the sort of plot that Republic might have made a 12 chapter serial about. A mad scientist is performing brain operations on gorillas deep in the jungle (NOT on an island) to create an army of simian slaves. Why is he doing this? Because he is a MAD scientist and that is what mad scientists do! Enter the hero (Brad Harris from several muscleman movies) and the heroine (Esmeralda Barros as the Eve, the title character) to defeat the madman and restore the natural balance to the jungle.

    Eve the jungle girl is topless for the whole picture but her long flowing hair is strategically arranged except at certain dramatic moments. Those gorillas with the stitches in their heads don't look like gorillas at all to me, they look like stuntmen in costumes! It takes forever for the plot to get going; in fact it starts like an action adventure with Harris' character as a mercenary looking for revenge against the guy who double crossed him. The science fiction element and the jungle girl subplot are introduced to wake the audience up later on.

    Perhaps if they had thrown in a dinosaur or two and a nice big explosion at the end. Oh well. I am off to watch the old 1944 serial THE MONSTER AND THE APE . . at least that one delivered what the title promised!
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    • reptilicus
    • May 19, 2003

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 1968 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Eva, das Mädchen aus dem Dschungel
    • Production company
      • Three Star Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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