King Kong



See also 154-foot Great Big Spider Monkey.

King Kong is an enormous ape creature who first appeared in the 1933 film, King Kong. He resides on Skull Island, most of the animal inhabits are gigantic. In the original film, He was created using stop-motion animation -- later versions of Kong were either men in suits or as seen in the 2005 remake, Computer generated.

Kong, though depicted as being almost 20 feet tall, was only 18 inches tall was made with cotton and latex with a rabbit pelt over a machined, ball and socket armature. This techinque involved more complex and useful armatures than before, when armatures were just wood or wire. King Kong was created by Willis o' brien a newspaper cartoonist who has been working in special effects since 1914. This very famous monster has influenced gernerations of special effects wizards and filmmakers alike for example, The father of stop motion -- Ray Harryhausen.

Film Appearances

 * King Kong (1933)