In 1961 Michael Gough commands Konga to do fell deeds in Konga, despatching his enemies and disparagers with wild abandon.
Konga isn't alone in this premise. Michael Gough did it again in Black Zoo in 1963, the leader of a zoo cult deploying big game to kill their foes. It included a gorilla too!
Edgar Allen Poe went ape years earlier when he penned Murders in the Rue Morgue. Bela Lugosi helped bring it to the Big Scream in 1932.
More recently in 1988 Monkey Shines gave us a homicidal monkey doing the dirty work for a hospital patient.
You can probably think of more apes under the influence! Yes?
Here was my ape-overview: https://themichlinguide.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/the-planet-of-the-apes-old-school/
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff Baron. I like Charlton H's original flick the most, the scene where he finds the Statue of Liberty head on the beach utterly brilliant.
DeleteBlack Zoo is a terrific flick, one of my favorites. SFZ
ReplyDeleteA very scary idea too Zigg. Sadly there are real animal maulings on You Tube, which should be avoided. Unfortunately I stumbled across one and wish I hadn't.
DeleteThere's 'Robot Monster'.
ReplyDeleteA 50s B movie featuring a creature with a gorilla's body an a space helmet head.
Never seen it, but have seen the lobby cards.
Yes Mish, I've got a book of lobby cards with this one in, a startling image for sure.
DeleteThat last comment was me.
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