콩가

콩가 (1961)

Konga

식물학자인 데커 박사(Dr. Charles Decker: 마이클 고호 분)는 아프리카에서 비행기 사고의 생존자로 귀환하면서 조그만 침팬지 콩가와 식인초를 가져온다. 그는 식인초에서 추출된 약물을 콩가에게 주입 100ft의 거대한 괴물로 만들어 정적을 살해하는데 이용하지만 조수 마가레트(Margaret: 마고 존스 분)의 순간 잘못으로 약물을 너무 많이 주입하여 걷잡을 수없이 커진다. 이에 데카의 통제를 벗어난 콩가는 미친듯이 날뛰기 시작하는데....

개봉일
1961-03-26
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (39)
상영 시간(분)
1시간 30분
장르
공포, SF
감독
John Lemont

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Konga is a 1961 Eastmancolor monster film directed by John Lemont and starring Michael Gough, Margo Johns and Austin Trevor. It was written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel.

Production

Following the success of Herman Cohen's previous British made film Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) that also featured Michael Gough, Nat Cohen (no relation to Herman) of Anglo-Amalgamated asked Cohen for another exploitation film.

As Cohen had long admired King Kong (1933), he thought of a giant ape film shot in colour. Due to Cohen's success with his I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), AIP used "I Was a Teenage Gorilla" as the working title. Cohen paid RKO Pictures $25,000 for the rights to the name of Kong for exploitation purposes.

It was shot at Merton Park Studios and in Croydon. The climactic scene in London streets was possible when the producer convinced the police that the scenes could be effectively staged late at night on essentially empty streets. The resultant mayhem was especially alarming for residents, who were awakened by sounds of gunfire.

Paul Stockman (uncredited) was the actor inside the ape suit. In an interview, he revealed: "How I came to get the part of Konga: my agent told me there was an American producer looking for a six-foot actor. Would I go to Mac's Rehearsal Rooms, Leicester Square, London? So I toddled along; I walked into the room and there's 20 six-foot tall blokes! I thought, "Oh, dear, it's a lineup!" Anyway, the producer Herman Cohen came in carrying a big card…

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