Top 5 King Kong Ripoffs - Cinemassacre's Kongathon

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  • The hilarious cinematic attempts at cashing in on King Kong.
    Thanks to
    www.ianfriedmanlaw.com
    for research help #retro #retrogaming #nes #snes #jamesrolfe #mikematei #atari #playthrough #gameplay #gamereview
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Komentáře • 549

  • @Marcifar
    @Marcifar Před 7 lety +520

    Am I the only one that loses his shit laughing at the initial "YEAAAAAAH" every single time?
    God it's so funny...

  • @Oryaw
    @Oryaw Před 7 lety +272

    King Kong...Bruce Lee.
    Kong...Bruce Lee....
    Hong Kong....Bruce Lee....
    *HONG KONG '97!*

  • @AHeroAlmost
    @AHeroAlmost Před 7 lety +174

    King Kong with the massive slong

  • @kamenridernephilim
    @kamenridernephilim Před 7 lety +141

    King Kong fighting a giant sized Bruce Lee? Now that is a movie I can get behind and support.

    • @Morgil27
      @Morgil27 Před 7 lety +13

      kamenridernephilim
      Bruce Lee doesn't need to be giant sized to kick Kong's ass.

    • @VideoCop
      @VideoCop Před 7 lety +5

      what if bruce lee got behind king kong and...nevermind.

    • @muskatDR
      @muskatDR Před 7 lety +8

      What about bruce's relative Chin?

  • @Planetbustard
    @Planetbustard Před 7 lety +135

    For a brief moment I actually wondered if it was October.

  • @YarugumaSou
    @YarugumaSou Před 7 lety +64

    "If it wasn't for the KONGvoluted history of Kong"

  • @TheSpyt67
    @TheSpyt67 Před 7 lety +17

    Konga will always be one of my favorite 'bad' movies. That special effect of the girl doll in his hand will never leave me.

  • @hentesgyik95
    @hentesgyik95 Před 7 lety +54

    In Mighty Peking Man the woman was not a love interest. She was more like a daughter for the ape because when he found her she was just a little innocent girl.

  • @Comkill117
    @Comkill117 Před 5 lety +67

    I’d say Mighty Joe Young is a spiritual successor than anything else, I mean it was made by the same team that made King Kong and Son Of Kong after all.

  • @SnakePlissken73
    @SnakePlissken73 Před 7 lety +35

    "King Kong vs. Power Rangers" or "King Kong vs. Transformers" would also be great!

  • @Ghost_Of_SAS
    @Ghost_Of_SAS Před 7 lety +62

    Michael Gough was also in the 1958 Dracula. Weird how he ended up as the butler of the Batman.

    • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez
      @LadyTylerBioRodriguez Před 7 lety +15

      Oh yeah! He was in Horror of Dracula with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, what a cast!

    • @troyandrew6154
      @troyandrew6154 Před 3 lety +5

      Burton was a fan of Gough's work in the hammer films

    • @Ghost_Of_SAS
      @Ghost_Of_SAS Před 3 lety +3

      @@troyandrew6154 Understandably 👍

  • @bodoballermann568
    @bodoballermann568 Před 7 lety +49

    I didn't know Randy Orton made Kong movies.

    • @Majerwwefanner
      @Majerwwefanner Před 7 lety +1

      Bodo Ballermann wrong type of RKO lol

    • @VideoCop
      @VideoCop Před 7 lety +4

      I missed the joke...what!

  • @GiantBoarMonster
    @GiantBoarMonster Před 7 lety +14

    Konga is genuinely worthwhile. Glad it ranked #2. I gotta check out Mighty Peking Man.

  • @blootube97
    @blootube97 Před 7 lety +10

    "It's Cinemassacre's Monster Madness! King Kongathon!"

  • @KnightsOfTheMcNugget
    @KnightsOfTheMcNugget Před 7 lety +7

    7:07 "Kongvoluted" I see what you did there.

  • @ShuriBear
    @ShuriBear Před 7 lety +215

    When I heard "Alfred" I immediately thought "He is the main character of Alfred 'n the Fettuc?" I am not a smart man.

    • @Hydra_X9K_Music
      @Hydra_X9K_Music Před 7 lety +13

      ShuriBear Alfred n the Fettuc 2 coming in 2022 confirmed???

    • @ShuriBear
      @ShuriBear Před 7 lety +6

      I would buy that!

    • @Hydra_X9K_Music
      @Hydra_X9K_Music Před 7 lety +9

      An open world game where you can explore the vast world of Fettuchinia. (I have very few ideas at the moment.)

    • @ShuriBear
      @ShuriBear Před 7 lety +4

      I would back that project for sure.

    • @jarvindriftwood
      @jarvindriftwood Před 7 lety +2

      Launch title for the Dreamcast 2.

  • @ConstantineFurman
    @ConstantineFurman Před 7 lety +36

    So are we not talking about the fact the woman in "A*P*E" is the mom from "Growing Pains"? No? Alright?
    In South Korea, "A*P*E" was originally released as, I shit you not, "King Kong's Great Counterattack."
    The reason the effects work in "Mighty Peking Man" is so good is because they were directed by Toho Company LTD's Sadamasa Arikawa ("Son of Godzilla", "Destroy All Monsters", "Yog - Monster from Space", and who had long since quit Toho), with an assist by Koichi Kawakita. And Utam himself was played by Toho sculptor Keizo Murase.
    The main reason the end of "Mighty Peking Man" is the way it is boils down to... Chinese movies are very pessimistic and brutal. Very rarely do you see a happy ending in Chinese movies. There's another Chinese monster movie, "King of Snake/Thunder of Gigantic Serpent", which has a similarly unhappy ending. I guess maybe it's a cultural thing over there.

    • @diddymuck
      @diddymuck Před 3 lety +3

      Actually |Infra-Man was sorta optimistic!

    • @ConstantineFurman
      @ConstantineFurman Před 3 lety +2

      @@diddymuck The exception, not the rule.

  • @tyrantgregcagkaiju71
    @tyrantgregcagkaiju71 Před 7 lety +4

    Konga and The Mighty Peking Man are awesome 😎!

  • @Sakuriita21
    @Sakuriita21 Před 7 lety +6

    Amazing review. I love how you took your passion for King Kong and put it right on our faces. Thank you James!

  • @ragejoona431
    @ragejoona431 Před 7 lety +50

    The A*P*E is #3... I think that Brandon Tenold would disagree.

    • @cmckittrick91
      @cmckittrick91 Před 7 lety +2

      RageJoona it's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It's better than both the yongary films from South Korea and to me more watchable than pulgasari from North Korea.

    • @theretrogamer7779
      @theretrogamer7779 Před 7 lety +1

      casey is pulgasari a Godzilla rip off

    • @cmckittrick91
      @cmckittrick91 Před 7 lety +1

      I was just comparing them due to their region of origin. I forgot about dragon wars, which I think is better than all of the previously mentioned titles. Pulgasari on the other hand is about a small hand sized monster who grows and later helps villagers overthrow their unfair ruler; so not taking much from any Godzilla movie storywise aside from Pulgasari being a giant monster at the end. Effects wise of course but that's a whole other story that has a whole book dedicated to it.

    • @ConstantineFurman
      @ConstantineFurman Před 7 lety

      "it's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It's better than both
      the yongary films from South Korea and to me more watchable than
      pulgasari from North Korea."
      No. No. Not even close. "A*P*E" is one of the worst movies I've ever seen, probably only edged out by "Versus", "This Stuff'll Kill Ya" and "Absurd/Rosso Sangue."
      "Yongary, Monster from the Deep" and "Pulgasari" are competently made movies from people who know what the hell they're doing. "A*P*E" is made by hucksters staging a 4th grade play. "A*P*E" doesn't even look worth a damn!

    • @ConstantineFurman
      @ConstantineFurman Před 7 lety

      I've met him and I can attest this is indeed true.

  • @Makeshift_Mulder
    @Makeshift_Mulder Před 7 lety +2

    Tarantino also owns the original reels to "Manos: the Hands of Fate"

  • @xODGx64x
    @xODGx64x Před 7 lety +75

    King Kong Vs. Donkey Kong

    • @theidiot9085
      @theidiot9085 Před 7 lety +9

      King Bong

    • @theidiot9085
      @theidiot9085 Před 7 lety +7

      King Schlong

    • @callumsparrow4379
      @callumsparrow4379 Před 5 lety +7

      ANationalAcrobat 5
      That already happened when Univseral Studios tried to sue Nintendo back in the Early 80’s.

  • @GenerationWhyProductions
    @GenerationWhyProductions Před 7 lety +18

    Mighty Peking man is brilliant.

    • @DeanStrickson
      @DeanStrickson Před 7 lety +4

      Matthew Nicholls Generation Why Productions I just watched it on Amazon Prime. They should've stayed in the jungle with the cheetah.

  • @robynkrest8178
    @robynkrest8178 Před 3 lety +4

    That face James makes in the opening kills me every time 😂😂😂😂😂😂 hilarious

  • @75Chris5
    @75Chris5 Před 7 lety +64

    #Kongsploitation

  • @redblaze8700
    @redblaze8700 Před 6 lety +11

    "King Kong vs Godzilla: Dawn of the Kaijus"
    Followed by: "Monster League!" Consists of Godzilla, King Kong, Mothra, Anguirus and Rodan who team up to fight King Ghidorah, Gigan and Orga!
    The sequel will introduce Mechagodzilla and Jet Jaguar!

  • @reignfire85
    @reignfire85 Před 7 lety +4

    He flips the bird!

  • @imjustalittleqwerty
    @imjustalittleqwerty Před 7 lety +6

    That moment when you subscribe to Cinemassacre for more than just AVGN.

  • @SuperCosmicMutantSquid
    @SuperCosmicMutantSquid Před 7 lety +14

    Kong was in the Lego Batman Movie. XD

  • @MMFan2004
    @MMFan2004 Před 4 lety +2

    Fun-Fact: The People who behind the special effects for Late Showa and Heisei Godzilla film was also involved in Production for Mighty Peking Man.

  • @StoneysWorkshop
    @StoneysWorkshop Před 7 lety +2

    GREAT series james
    i love these types

  • @sheepheadsez2229
    @sheepheadsez2229 Před 3 lety +3

    Recommended by both you and Brandon Tenold... so I guess I've got to watch Mighty Peking Man.

  • @KronnangDunn
    @KronnangDunn Před 7 lety +3

    Thanks for the video man! It was fucken awesome... all those Kong ripoff films I never got to watch and never knew about...

  • @shenloken2
    @shenloken2 Před 7 lety +2

    I knew it was inevitable that the instant a Kong knock-off showed a guy in an ape suit flipping the bird it was right on the chopping block for James to review.

  • @henridrews857
    @henridrews857 Před 7 lety +119

    Hong Kong-King Kong
    Hong Kong-King Kong
    Hong Kong-King Kong
    I did it!

    • @smashfam1
      @smashfam1 Před 7 lety +1

      now say it backwards :p

    • @henridrews857
      @henridrews857 Před 7 lety +13

      Magnum_Koichi
      Challenge accepted 😎
      Gonk Gnik-Gonk Gnoh
      Gonk Gnik-Gonk Gnoh
      Gonk Gnik-Gonk Gnoh

    • @Thrasher1984
      @Thrasher1984 Před 7 lety +3

      Henri Drews Not quite, but close enough. LOL

    • @josephgonzalez818
      @josephgonzalez818 Před 7 lety

      Henri Drews no you didn't you only typed it

    • @artvandelay5
      @artvandelay5 Před 7 lety

      thats the joke

  • @gurudanny98
    @gurudanny98 Před 7 lety +3

    I saw APE about 15 years ago on AMC (when they played movies). I remember seeing the same scenes repeated over and over again but the negatives were printed backwards to make it look like a different scene. One in particular was a 3-second scene of a gunman moving into position I do remember the middle finger, though it was blurred out by AMC.

  • @JarJarBinks4ever
    @JarJarBinks4ever Před 7 lety +1

    The Mighty Peking Man rules, the scene wit hthe elephants randomly killing people is the funniest shit ever.

  • @pyrobison2002
    @pyrobison2002 Před 7 lety +1

    Love listening to you, James. Never change

  • @truesoulghost2777
    @truesoulghost2777 Před 5 lety +3

    I love Mighty Joe Young.
    Had to laugh when he said King Kung Fu

  • @b.lloydreese2030
    @b.lloydreese2030 Před 7 lety

    thanks for doing this kongathon, it's a pleasant surprise

  • @VideoCop
    @VideoCop Před 7 lety +3

    Thank you for watching and reviewing these. I love bad ripoff movies but I'm not a huge King Kong guy so I can only take the "original films" I think, haha.

  • @blackout3133
    @blackout3133 Před 6 lety +1

    I love whenn you say, "Say that three times fast," and you actually do it :D

  • @markonALT
    @markonALT Před 7 lety +3

    Just saw Kong Skull Island today! And it was pretty great with a few problems. I think you're going to like it James!
    Greetings from your Indonesian fan :)

  • @CAPSLOCKLARRY
    @CAPSLOCKLARRY Před 7 lety +1

    the kong giving the finger...priceless

  • @TomMSTie1138
    @TomMSTie1138 Před 7 lety +2

    I remember seeing A*P*E featured in IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD, and always thought it was a straight-up parody.

  • @grimTales1
    @grimTales1 Před 7 lety +1

    The Mighty Peking Man got a US release in 1980 as 'Goliathon'

  • @bobbyberetta4206
    @bobbyberetta4206 Před 7 lety

    Can defiantly tell Mike edit this. Great review & video James!

  • @DOSRetroGamer
    @DOSRetroGamer Před 7 lety +23

    sure, some girl that was stranded on an island for years has perfectly hairless arms and legs :)

  • @darrelllane796
    @darrelllane796 Před 5 lety +2

    I've watched Konga several times and even quote it occasionally.

  • @wickedlateok1697
    @wickedlateok1697 Před 7 lety +1

    I've wanted to see Ape for years. it was once in the IMDb Bottom 100 and people said, in addition to an ape giving the finger, he also wears shoes and throws a cow at a helicopter.

  • @jerobriggs6861
    @jerobriggs6861 Před 5 lety +1

    That part in Ape where he gives them the finger... laughed so hard at that.

  • @WilliamBrothers
    @WilliamBrothers Před 7 lety +1

    I love that Yeeaahhh!!! at the beginning!

  • @pwnswoggle
    @pwnswoggle Před 7 lety +1

    I'm loving these Kong vids.

  • @dragonstormx
    @dragonstormx Před 3 lety +2

    I wish he would also talk about the Mighty Joe Young remake. That also deserves more love.

  • @KombatGod
    @KombatGod Před 7 lety +8

    We all know why James wants King Kong to become public domain....
    MUNKY FUCK!

  • @SunflowerRailroading
    @SunflowerRailroading Před 7 lety +3

    Brandon Tenold Did Both A*P*E And Mighty Peking Man

  • @MetaSynForYourSoul
    @MetaSynForYourSoul Před 7 lety +6

    King Kong vs Bruce Lee!? Someone get the fuck on this NOW!!!

  • @micshork
    @micshork Před 7 lety +1

    I love Konga for how bad it was, and Michael Gough's performance.

  • @theluckiesteh9058
    @theluckiesteh9058 Před 7 lety +4

    Mighty Peking Man was made by the same people that worked on Inframan!
    Also, Britain made a film similar to Godzilla called Gorgo. Coincidentally the same year as Konga from 1961.
    Finally, The Gorilla from A.P.E. giving the finger was on the cover of a book based on the Razzies.

  • @marcpaters0n
    @marcpaters0n Před 7 lety +1

    I have thoroughly enjoyed this Kongathon. 😊

  • @xXxmajikmanxXx
    @xXxmajikmanxXx Před 7 lety +1

    i was wondering when mighty peking man would be talked about, finally

  • @aaronthebox
    @aaronthebox Před 7 lety

    King Kong giving the finger in the thumbnail...I'm sold

  • @TJWasiuk
    @TJWasiuk Před 7 lety +2

    These videos are actually making me excited to watch the new movie. I wasn't even looking forward to it.

  • @genebaker511
    @genebaker511 Před 7 lety +10

    Mr. Hyde vs Godzilla!!!

    • @genebaker511
      @genebaker511 Před 7 lety

      When Toho was involved with The NES game Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I thought it was a promotion for the "vs Godzilla."

    • @recommendedforyou2936
      @recommendedforyou2936 Před 3 lety

      Hulk vs mr hyde I would love to see

  • @gojikaiju3088
    @gojikaiju3088 Před 7 lety +2

    Oh man, my favorite Kong ripoff didn't make the list...
    The Italian film Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century!

  • @Lastkingof33
    @Lastkingof33 Před 7 lety

    the up close shot of konga is hilarious.

  • @BluesPreacher89
    @BluesPreacher89 Před 7 lety

    You rock James thanks!

  • @dadrewgillasaurus
    @dadrewgillasaurus Před 7 lety

    James sold me on going to see the new Kong flick.

  • @gyromurphy
    @gyromurphy Před 7 lety

    I want that opening as a ringtone

  • @muskatDR
    @muskatDR Před 7 lety +2

    Damn i wanna see most of these now

  • @bulloguin
    @bulloguin Před 7 lety +1

    Amazing Kongathon!! Hey, 4:20 isn't that Gorgo from the Addams Family?

  • @HeShoeTooBig
    @HeShoeTooBig Před 7 lety

    James. That intro is badass.

  • @user-jb6pb5wb2f
    @user-jb6pb5wb2f Před 7 lety +18

    only 1000 views? cinemassacre is dying. *uploaded the 8 march 2017* YAY new video!!

  • @michaelaboerlage4453
    @michaelaboerlage4453 Před 7 lety

    That intro cracks me up lol :)

  • @ronindebeatrice
    @ronindebeatrice Před 7 lety

    Great vid James.

  • @evilubuntu9001
    @evilubuntu9001 Před 7 lety +1

    I really, really wanted to hear Rolfe yell KING KONG AIN'T GOT SHIT ON ME!
    That's a Training Day reference BTW.

  • @BiggestSniff
    @BiggestSniff Před 4 lety

    favorite video of the kongathon. so funny

  • @Demonanimator
    @Demonanimator Před 7 lety

    It's as glorious as the scene in the werewolf film Cursed, where a she-wolf flips the bird as well XD

  • @vortexpickle711
    @vortexpickle711 Před 7 lety

    Another great review Mike.

  • @Xanctus
    @Xanctus Před 7 lety +1

    i never liked any king kong film, but i appreciate the special effect tech. good video.

  • @andrewshea6652
    @andrewshea6652 Před 7 lety +1

    I'm impressed he didn't mention that Konga has a similar plot as Son of Frankenstein

  • @scms2528
    @scms2528 Před 7 lety

    All this talk of RKO makes me want to see Randy Orton come outta nowhere and hit James with the RKO

  • @DMDvideo10
    @DMDvideo10 Před rokem

    That number 1 film version of "Kong" reminds me of the "War of the Gargantuas".

  • @drunkiamsir
    @drunkiamsir Před 7 lety

    Best intro ever!

  • @sarsona_3611
    @sarsona_3611 Před 7 lety

    The start of the video scared the shit out of me.

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy Před 4 lety +1

    King Kong in Hong Kong playing ping pong while having a sing song!

  • @dgblkbelt
    @dgblkbelt Před 7 lety +9

    Dude man. You forgot Donkey Kong. Obviously the number one rip off!

  • @griffinnunnelee7236
    @griffinnunnelee7236 Před 7 lety

    Kind of want to see that mighty peeking man movie now.

  • @dicapriodelorean2888
    @dicapriodelorean2888 Před 7 lety

    King Kong vs Donkey Kong, now that needs to be a movie

  • @thectcarkid4654
    @thectcarkid4654 Před 7 lety +6

    So the Hong Kong King Kong movie is also kind of a Tarzan ripoff.

  • @TheGingerburger
    @TheGingerburger Před 6 lety +13

    The Mighty Peking Man is actually better than the 1976 version of King kong in my opinion anyway

  • @AAYMF
    @AAYMF Před 7 lety +1

    "this makes the real Kong movies look like sissi movies" 😂❤️

  • @RavenHouseMystery
    @RavenHouseMystery Před 7 lety +1

    Honestly, you couldn't ask for a better list of Kong rip-offs. All those films are heckling gold.

  • @ElZorroHonesto
    @ElZorroHonesto Před 7 lety

    I've seen in a Spanish blog that the best thing about Mighty Gorga is, at the end, the expedition crew suddenly finds a lost treasure and now they're rich. They don't even have to take the ape back with them anymore!

  • @RetroDeath
    @RetroDeath Před 7 lety +1

    We need a King Kong vs the Blob!

  • @airsoft1238
    @airsoft1238 Před 6 lety +8

    I watched some of “Queen Kong” and may be one of the worst things I have ever seen. So poorly made and shot and the attempts at comedy are so embarrassing. Idk how u got thru it James, but god bless your soul.

  • @BADassRex97
    @BADassRex97 Před 7 lety

    will you review the kong animated series? ( not the one on netflix)

  • @starvingmartian3037
    @starvingmartian3037 Před 6 lety

    OK, that wasn't a person in an ape suit in all those Stooges shorts. That was Curly.

  • @DrunkenCoward1
    @DrunkenCoward1 Před 7 lety

    3:04
    "And I'm *NOT* making this up!"

  • @king_big_pp
    @king_big_pp Před 7 lety

    3:02 He's flipping the bird! He's giving the finger! And I'm not making that up.