| release date | April 7 1933 |
| studio | RKO Radio Pictures |
| director | Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack |
| writer | James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose |
| starring | Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher |
| tagline | A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today! |
On the Eve of D-Day, two Allied commandos sent to destroy a German gun installation uncover a secret occult lair where the Nazis are hiding a deadly she-demon, whom they plan to use to turn the tide of the war. READ MORE
Just yesterday ABC has released the first teaser clip from “The River,” a new horror drama from Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli that was picked up for series after pilot. Now, inside you’ll find the full trailer and story breakdown for the new supernatural series. READ MORE
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Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have tapped Jessica Lange (Cape Fear, King Kong) to star in a lead role opposite Connie Britton in their FX horror pilot “American Horror Story.” This marks the first foray into TV series for the two-time Oscar winner, reports Deadline. READ MORE
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Update: Twitch discovered this is a later print that doesn’t include the long lost scene. Bumma. The Evening Times in the UK is reporting some major news this afternoon. A workman has unearthed a vintage film reel of King Kong during the refurbishment of a West End cinema. Joiner Ross McMillan discovered the ancient movie hidden behind a partition wall in a projection room in the Grosvenor Cinema. The dusty old reel, which dates back to the 1930s, is thought to have been missing from US film production company RKO’s library vaults for more than 70 years. The movie discovered was the original 1933 version of Merian C Cooper’s King Kong which has been missing from the film company’s vaults since 1934. But the real question remains: does this original print carry the long-lost Lizard and Spider canyon sequence?! I have my hopes set way too high at this point… If any fresh news comes in, we’ll be sure to update you STAT. Click here for more on the discovery. (more…) READ MORE
Halloween is just around the corner and Warner Home Video is celebrating with their annual Fear Fest, a slew of horror titles arriving on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time ever. Now in stores you’ll find Splice, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, Lost Boys: The Thirst, King Kong and Seven — and Bloody Disgusting has all 6 titles for one lucky reader to win. Read on to see how to enter and hopefully you’ll score this amazing treat! (more…) READ MORE
I was worried we wouldn’t hear a single thing about Super 8, the Steven Spielberg/J.J. Abrams collaboration that Abrams plans to direct, before its summer 2011 release. Thanks to Vulture the first two cast members have leaked, one of which is actually kinda funny. Kyle Chandler (King Kong, The Day the Earth Stood Still ), who stars as Coach Taylor on NBC’s football drama “Friday Night Lights”, has landed a role in the film, alongside 12-year-old Elle Fanning (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). Elle is the sister of Dakota, who was once a Spielberg-groomed star. Now her sister gets the “Grade A” treatment as one of three siblings who discover footage of an alien in some Super 8 footage they shot. When announced, it was revealed that the collaboration would carry the feel of the early Amblin films that made Spielberg so famous. (more…) READ MORE
Island Bay Studios announced that short film director Paul Campion is hard at work building sets for his first feature-length project, The Devil’s Rock, a film described as “WW2-German-bunker-overrun-by-occult-demon-mayhem.” READ MORE
In anticipation of this weekend’s opening of King Kong 360 3-D at Universal Studios Hollywood, check out the following footage of Joe Letteri (2010 Oscar winner for Achievement in Visual Effects for Avatar), Senior VFX Supervisor, WETA Digital, talking about the project! Multiple Academy Award-Winning Producer, Writer, Director, Peter Jackson teamed up with Universal Studios Hollywood to create King Kong 360 3-D, the largest most intense 3-D experience on the planet, based on his award-winning blockbuster, King Kong. I, for one, cannot wait. (more…) READ MORE
The Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood SM will expand in 2010, growing to a 17-night schedule, offering spine-chilling new mazes based upon the horror genre’s most compelling characters, all created in collaboration with top filmmakers and artists. This year’s event will also include a tram ride through the world’s largest and most intense 3D experience, King Kong 360 3D, created by Peter Jackson. The 2010 “Halloween Horror Nights” 17 nights of terror will begin on Friday, September 24 and continue on weekend and other selected nights through Sunday, October 31. New content for the event’s expanded number of attractions, including five mazes, six “scare zones” and a new “Terror Tram” experience, will be announced shortly. (more…) READ MORE
Last week Dodger Stadium was attacked by the massive King Kong. After nearly destroying the stadium, Kong went into hiding (not sure how you can hide when you’re that big)… until today. Apparently Kong took a late night stroll through Santa Monica late last night as this morning his tracks, along with a destroyed Jeep were left in his wake. Of course, this is all leading up to the July 4th launch of Universal Studios Hollywood’s King Kong 3-D 360, a next-generation, interactive theme park experience designed by Peter Jackson, director of the award-winning 2005 Universal Pictures film on which the attraction is based. You can check out video footage and a few stills by reading below! (more…) READ MORE
“The Eighth Wonder of the World” rises from ashes this summer! Was the fire blessing in disguise? While I will always have a special place in my heart for Universal Studios Hollywood’s old King Kong attraction, the new one is sounding quite extraordinary. It was revealed today that the official theme title is “KING KONG 360 3-D” with plans to unveil the new ride this summer. You’ll find the teaser and first details below. (more…) READ MORE
This Friday Universal Pictures’ The Wolfman arrives in theaters everywhere. While the youngins might think it’s the first time Lawrence Talbot transforms into the hairy beast, there’s actually a rich history behind the monster movie — or creature feature if you will. To celebrate the return of one of the most beloved Universal Monsters, Bloody Disgusting Chris Eggertsen counts down his personal “Top 10 Movie Monsters.” (more…) READ MORE
Morgan Creek’s Dream House isn’t going to be able to contain all these egos. The production company has added Rachel Weisz (The Lovely Bones, The Mummy) to the cast alongside Daniel Craig (Quantum of Solace, Casino Royale, The Invasion) and Naomi Watts (The Ring, King Kong) in the thriller Universal Pictures will distribute. Jim Sheridan is directing from a David Loucka script. The story centers on a successful publisher (Craig) who quits his Gotham job and relocates his wife (Weisz) and two daughters to a quaint New England town, only to discover that their perfect new home was the murder scene of a mother and her two children. Watts will play a neighbor who was close to the slain family. Lensing began Sunday in Toronto. (more…) READ MORE
Naomi Watts (The Ring, King Kong) will star opposite Daniel Craig in Dream House, a thriller Jim Sheridan is directing for Morgan Creek. Universal is distributing in North America. The project, picked up as a spec by David Loucka, follows a family that relocates into what appears to be the ideal residence in small town Connecticut. However, the husband (Craig) and wife (Watts) are disturbed to discover that their beautiful new home was the site of another family’s slaughter, believed to be at the hands of the husband who survived. Production is slated to begin February in Toronto. (more…) READ MORE
Monster news regarding Alex Winter’s The Gate 3D remake as we got our hands on some early concept art, along with pages, upon pages of details regarding the pic. One of the most interesting tid-bits is that the creatures for the remake were designed by three-time Academy Award winning FX guru Randall William Cook (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong), and new creature design will be done by H.R. Giger (Alien, Species)!! (more…) READ MORE
Update: Two more names revealed inside. Are you ready for a whopper, the controversy of the week? In a surprise development, Oscar winner Adrien Brody (King Kong, The Pianist, The Village, Splice) has been cast by 20th Century Fox to play the heroic mercenary who battles alien hunters in Predators, their a reboot/sequel of the Predator franchise that is being creatively spearheaded by Robert Rodriguez and his Troublemaker Studios. He is signed on for multiple films. Who else is cast? Read on to find out then talk about all of the names below. How do you feel about Brody taking on the lead role? (more…) READ MORE
Trailing the HD DVD release by over two years, Universal has announced a January 20th bow for Peter Jackson’s big-budget remake of King Kong, according to High Def Digest. Boasting both the theatrical and extended cuts of the film available via seamless branching (the HD DVD only included the theatrical version), tech specs will see a BD-50 dual-layer disc with 1080p video (2.35:1) and a English DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround track (also an upgrade over the HD DVD’s Dolby Digital-Plus). Extras carried over to the Blu-ray will see only a single audio commentary with Jackson and screenwriter/producer Philip Boyen (on the extended version only). High-def exclusives include U-Control picture-in-picture on the extended cut, art galleries on both versions, and BD-Live-enabled My Scenes Sharing. Suggested retail price for the Blu-ray has been set at $29.98. (more…) READ MORE
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