The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Oct 19, 2002Sportsman Hunts Human Game
The first and best version of the oft-told story in which shipwreck survivors are forced to survive with their bare hands while being hunted by a mad Russian aristocrat
Merian C. Cooper
King Kong (1933)
Nov 12, 2000Giant Ape
Perhaps the greatest of all monster movies, one that has attained iconic status. A masterpiece of stop-motion animation, it imbues Kong with character and attains a delicate fairytale-like atmosphere
She (1935)
Oct 29, 2000Lost City/Immortal Queen
The first sound version of H. Rider Haggard's lost city adventure about explorers finding an immortal queen (Helen Gahagan). From the producers of the original King Kong
Dr Cyclops (1940)
Sep 29, 2001Mad Scientist/Miniaturised People
From the people behind King Kong, a film in which a mad scientist shrinks a group of people to a few inches tall. Some excellent effects for the era, making this one of the best films on the theme of miniaturisation
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Jun 11, 2000Giant Ape
Many of the people involved in the 1933 King Kong came back together to create another giant ape film. Much overlooked, this is one of the masterpieces of stop-motion animation
King Kong (2005)
Dec 15, 2005Giant Ape
Peter Jackson's dream project, a remake of the 1933 film, and his finest work as a filmmaker. Jackson builds the original out considerably and his command of the effects gives us something quite dazzling