Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explore... Read allEve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.Eve is a jungle girl brought up by apes. She is captured with a number of apes by a mad scientist, conducting mind control experiments on them. Eventually she is liberated by a young explorer.
- Robert
- (as Mark Farran)
- Theodore
- (as Jim Clay)
- Turk
- (as Paul Carter)
- Forrester
- (as Dan Doney)
- Turk's Goon
- (as John Turner)
- Payroll Robber
- (as Bianni Pulone)
- Mercenary Shot by Albert
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough the U.S. version of the film was advertised under the title "King of Kong Island", its actual on-screen title is "Kong Island," even though the film has nothing to do with King Kong.
- GoofsAs Turk is assisting Albert in implanting a mind control device into a gorilla's head, his surgical mask is not covering his nose. This defeats the goal of having a germ-free environment for the procedure to eliminate possible infections.
- Quotes
Albert Muller: [to Burt Dawson] You're an excellent specimen of the human race - strong, clever, brave. That's why I've chosen you for my first experiment on a human being. You'll have the honor of being the first man to become my slave.
- Alternate versionsThe Retromedia DVD release of this film has two versions of 'Eva, la Venere selvaggia' ('Eva, the Savage Venus') on it - 'Kong Island', a watered-down version of it that played in U.S. theaters in the late 1960s and 'King of Kong Island', the "uncut European version". The 'Kong Island' version looks the better of the two, but it is poorly panned and scanned and scenes of the thrill-seeking daughter's gorilla-observed striptease and the whole introduction of Esmeralda Barros' topless female Tarzan character have been cut, as well as several instances where Barros' long hair fails to hide her bosom. Despite Retromedia's hype of "See: chicks without their tops", these scenes are unlikely to rustle even the most conservative of collars nowadays. The 'King of Kong Island' version restores all these previously cut scenes, has a new title sequence and presents the film in widescreen. Unfortunately, this version of the film has been sourced from a Greek home video release and so it features large Greek subtitles and film quality which is below par for a DVD presentation. An uncut letter-boxed British home video release on the 'Intervision' label in the early 1980s started the film with its U.S. 'Kong Island' credits, but concluded it with the Italian end credits (!) that allowed for a reprise of Barros' slow motion nude jog and alluded to the film's Italian/Spanish/U.S. financing.
- SoundtracksEva's Beguine
Written by Roberto Pregadio
Performed by Edda Dell'Orso
Roberto Mauri's film could possess one of the most ridiculous plots in movie history. This crap makes "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" seem entirely plausible by comparison. Basically, our hero Burt is shot and returns to Africa to find the man responsible. In addition to finding the time for some dubious psychedelic dancing, Burt also manages to fall in love with Diana. Unfortunately, Diana is kidnapped by a group deranged mountain gorillas and Burt is called on to rescue her. If the concept of brainwashed gorillas is not far fetched enough, Mauri throws in a completely random subplot about a wild woman called Eva, who lives in the jungle and converses with animals. Eva is a brazen attempt to throw in some eye candy and inject some much needed sleaze into the fairly tame proceedings. Eva leads Burt to Diana, who is being held captive in a secret lair by a mad scientist.
King Of Kong Island is really not a film that is overly concerned with the smaller details. The gorilla effects literally consist of people wearing poorly made gorilla suits. Diana's kidnapping is hilarious due to the painfully obvious gorilla masks and gloves. Mauri's inattention to detail is further noticeable in the fact that for a "wild" woman, Eva has rather lovely hair and make-up. I pretty much expect (and hope for) poor special effects and ridiculous plot developments in a Roberto Mauri crap epic. However, King Of Kong Island is sloppy to an extent that makes it basically impossible to follow. The film has also dated in the worst possible way. The treatment of the local population as "slaves" is distasteful and Burt's pseudo-comedic groping of Eva is jarring. Thankfully, there are enough stupid gorillas and crazy pieces of 1960s "technology" in the scientist's lair to overlook the general incompetence.
The film does have some impressive qualities. The jungle disco score is excellent, the film provides B-grade icon Brad Harris with a rare starring vehicle and Esmeralda Barros makes an alluring wild woman. King Of Kong Island is a complete mess, but it is a mess worth wading through for fans of this genre. If nothing else, see it for the spectacularly unconvincing gorillas.
- Crap_Connoisseur
- Aug 3, 2006
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- King of Kong Island
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1