Purportedly, Queen Kong was never released theatrically in the US or the UK due to legal action from the owners of the copyright on King Kong, although I think the real reason for the film not seeing the light of day for several decades is simply that it is total crap. Who in their right mind would pay to see such garbage?
The film takes place in an alternate reality where women are the dominant sex. Robin Askwith, star of the Confessions movies, is petty thief Ray Fay, who is abducted by film-director Luce Habit (Rula Lenska), who wants him to play the lead role in her new movie. Sailing to the remote island of Lazonga Where They Do The Konga, Luce, Ray and the ship's all-female crew encounter a tribe of women (led by Carry On babe Valerie Leon) who intend to sacrifice Ray to their deity, a 64-foot tall ape called Queen Kong. To cut a far too long story short, the ape is captured, shipped to London, and escapes.
The infantile script for this grade Z clunker is packed with puerile gags and truly bizarre moments that make one wonder what kind of drugs were being passed around during its inception. And the fact that the cast were willing to go along with such inane nonsense suggests that the same drugs were freely available during shooting. Every joke tanks, with particularly dreadful parodies of recent blockbusters (Jaws and The Exorcist). Throw in some abysmal special effects and a couple of woeful musical numbers and what we have is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. And I've watched a lot of cack in my time.
1/10
N. B. Linda Hayden, whose name appears on the poster, only appears in the film for about ten seconds, dressed from top to toe in a nun's habit and veil. If you seek this one out just for lovely Linda, prepare to be massively disappointed. And then some.
The film takes place in an alternate reality where women are the dominant sex. Robin Askwith, star of the Confessions movies, is petty thief Ray Fay, who is abducted by film-director Luce Habit (Rula Lenska), who wants him to play the lead role in her new movie. Sailing to the remote island of Lazonga Where They Do The Konga, Luce, Ray and the ship's all-female crew encounter a tribe of women (led by Carry On babe Valerie Leon) who intend to sacrifice Ray to their deity, a 64-foot tall ape called Queen Kong. To cut a far too long story short, the ape is captured, shipped to London, and escapes.
The infantile script for this grade Z clunker is packed with puerile gags and truly bizarre moments that make one wonder what kind of drugs were being passed around during its inception. And the fact that the cast were willing to go along with such inane nonsense suggests that the same drugs were freely available during shooting. Every joke tanks, with particularly dreadful parodies of recent blockbusters (Jaws and The Exorcist). Throw in some abysmal special effects and a couple of woeful musical numbers and what we have is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. And I've watched a lot of cack in my time.
1/10
N. B. Linda Hayden, whose name appears on the poster, only appears in the film for about ten seconds, dressed from top to toe in a nun's habit and veil. If you seek this one out just for lovely Linda, prepare to be massively disappointed. And then some.