FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
King Kong
Scores
- IMDb7.9/10as of 2026-03-13
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer96%as of 2022-11-29
- Metacritic92/100as of 2024-11-10
What it is
King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure horror monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien and music by Max Steiner. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, King Kong is the first film in the self-titled franchise, combining live-action sequences with stop-motion animation using rear-screen projection.
At a glance
- Genres
- Adventure / Horror / Fantasy / Drama / Science fiction
- Original language
- English
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