A*P*E (킹콩의 대역습 - King Kong eui daeyeokseup; Great Counterattack of King-Kong) is a 1976 science fiction/horror film. An American/Korean co-production with 3D effects, it was released at approximately the same time as Dino De Laurentiis' 1976 remake of King Kong. The film has also gone under the titles Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla, Super Kong, The New King Kong, and Hideous Mutant.
A 36-foot-gorilla escapes from an oil tanker off the coast of...
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A*P*E (킹콩의 대역습 - King Kong eui daeyeokseup; Great Counterattack of King-Kong) is a 1976 science fiction/horror film. An American/Korean co-production with 3D effects, it was released at approximately the same time as Dino De Laurentiis' 1976 remake of King Kong. The film has also gone under the titles Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla, Super Kong, The New King Kong, and Hideous Mutant.
A 36-foot-gorilla escapes from an oil tanker off the coast of Korea. After battling with a giant Great White Shark, the ape reaches land and destroys several buildings before finding and kidnapping an American actress named Marilyn (Joanna Kerns). The military eventually corners and kills the ape, prompting one observer to comment, "He was just too big for a small world like ours!"
The movie was a quickie production meant to capitalize on the upcoming release of King Kong (1976). Several plot elements, such as the gorilla's relationship with an American actress, are essentially lifted from the King Kong...
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