Filmmaker Luce Habit (Rula Lenska) is working on a jungle movie but is having problems finding a male actor that can handle the part. On the streets of London she sees Ray Fay (Robin Askwith). Ray is a small time thief but looks perfect for the part. Luce rescues him from being arrested and buys him a drink. After drugging him he is taken aboard the ship “The Liberated Lady” with a crew of all women. After a song and dance number the ship sets sail and is out at sea before Ray comes to.
Eventually the ship and crew reach the shores of Nabonga, Where they do the Conga. The natives of the island are offering a sacrifice to a god. The god is Queen Kong, a giant female ape. The Queen of the Nabongas (Valerie Leon) sees Ray and wants to give him to Queen Kong as the sacrifice since he looks like Doris Day. Luce refuses but does want to film the sacrifice. The Queen of the Nabongas says no. Luce, Ray and the crew return to The Liberated Lady.
Later Ray is kidnapped by the Nabonga and given to Queen Kong. Queen Kong falls in love with Ray and protects him by fighting a Dinosauropteryx and a Pterowhatsit. Luce and the crew of The Liberated Lady save Ray and use gas to knock Queen Kong out. They take the giant ape back to London with them and put her on display. Queen Kong breaks her bonds and goes looking for Ray. She finds him in a hotel room being assaulted by Luce. Ray rushes to her hand and Queen Kong, with Ray in hand, climbs Big Ben where she is attacked by jets and helicopters.
“Queen Kong” was released in 1976 and was directed by Frank Agrama. It is a British/German or a British/Italian adventure comedy movie, depending on who you ask. The film is also a parody of the original 1933 “King Kong” film. Due to legal issues with RKO, (the producers of the original “King Kong” film) and Dino De Laurentis, (producer of the 1976 re-make), the movie never had a theatrical release in either Britain or America. It did, however, have a limited release in Italy and Germany.
The film remained out of circulation for some thirty years until it resurfaced after Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” hit theaters in 2005.
Even while the movie was on the shelf in America, in Japan it garnered a cult following. In 1998 a Japanese fan dub of the movie was done using their own dialogue. The Japanese dubbed version was released on DVD in 2001.
The film features some unusual monsters besides Queen Kong herself. There is the Dinosauropteryx, the Pterowhatsit, a Man-eating rosebush, the Prehistoric Bagpipes and Lady Jaws the shark.
In a word the movie is horrendous but some people like that in a film. Just about everything is bad. The acting, directing, special effects, dialogue, jokes, you name it, it’s bad. That doesn’t stop a select few from appreciating its nuances. Some even say it is better than the 1976 remake of “King Kong” and even follows the original film more than the remake.
For fans of really bad or stupid movies and girls in bikinis.