Konga

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Konga

1961,

1h 30m,

Sci-Fi/

Mystery & Thriller

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43%

7 Reviews

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1,000+ Ratings

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43%

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14%

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A botanist's experiments with primates and plant serum transform a lovable chimpanzee into a giant killer gorilla.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 9, 2019

2.5/4

Herman Cohen met with success by producing and (under pseudonyms) writing the 1957 hits I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, so why not go for the hat-trick by unleashing I Was a Teenage Gorilla onto an unsuspecting world?

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Naila Scargill

Exquisite Terror

Feb 28, 2019

A hoot from beginning to end, this is sheer B-movie lunacy of remarkably bad proportions, and all the more essential for it.

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Sean Axmaker

Turner Classic Movies Online

Apr 28, 2007

Konga is a giant ape movie to be sure but Gough's Dr. Decker is a mad scientist in the mode of Peter Cushing's Dr. Frankenstein from Hammer's series...

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

Dec 17, 2005

3/5

Get in shape, ape!

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Keith Breese

Filmcritic.com

Dec 11, 2005

1/5

if you're one of those sadomasochistic cinephiles looking for raspberries this is a sure fire winner.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Feb 1, 2004

C

A deliciously silly monster film for only the lovers of dreadful films.

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Harry S

Oct 7, 2017

Silly, but sadly dull, story about a mad scientist who performs growth experiments on plants and animals, and eventually on his chimpanzee, Konga (you know, Konga/Kong, as in King Kong), who then grows to an enormous size to kill the scientist's enemies and eventually wreaking havoc on London. This could have been a fun low budget monster film along the lines of "Them" or "Tarantula," but it's mostly just boring and didn't even entertain me on a camp level.

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John Lemont

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Michael Gough

Dr. Charles Decker

Margo Johns

Margaret

Jess Conrad

Bob Kenton

Claire Gordon

Sandra Banks

Austin Trevor

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Synopsis

A botanist's experiments with primates and plant serum transform a lovable chimpanzee into a giant killer gorilla.

Director: John Lemont
Screenwriter: Aben Kandel
Production Co: Alta Vista Productions
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 1961, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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