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‘Kong: Skull Island’ Director Shares Concept Art for Unused LSD Dream Sequence
Kong: Skull Island was almost even crazier.
In my review of Kong: Skull Island here on BD, I gave the film 5 out of 5 skulls because I felt it was everything anyone could have possibly wanted it to be. Doing away with the traditional King Kong movie, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts set his reboot during the Vietnam War, unleashing full-on monster mayhem across a stunning landscape.
I saw the film twice in theaters. And had such a blast both times.
In any event, I bring up Kong: Skull Island (now available on DVD & Blu-ray) today because Vogt-Roberts just shared something pretty cool over on Twitter. As it turns out, he initially planned on featuring a trippy LSD dream sequence in the film… which would’ve included Kong himself!
“Since it was ‘Nam and the 70’s I really wanted to do an LSD dream sequence,” he tweeted. “Things were going to get trippy. Never was able to shoot it tho.”
Check out the unused concept art below and imagine what might’ve been!
Since it was ‘Nam and the 70’s I really wanted to do an LSD dream sequence. Things were going to get trippy. Never was able to shoot it tho. pic.twitter.com/ZDpGdsC4nl
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) September 25, 2017
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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