After being lost in the wilds of Uganda for a year and a half, insane botany professor Michael Gough returns to London and creates a serum that allows his pet chimp Konga to grow to astronomical sizes. The chimp, who somehow grows and becomes a gorilla(!), then does Gough's evil bidding, killing off his enemies and any potential threats to his scientific glory. A pretty dumb film directed by John Lemont and featuring a typically high strung performance by Gough. The special effects are not very special and Lemont wisely films most of Konga's rampaging in such darkness, you really can't see much. It's all a dull hybrid of HG Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson and KING KONG. The supporting cast includes Margo Johns as Gough's assistant/lover, Claire Gordon as a nubile botany student and pop singer Jess Conrad plays "Bob." Steven Berkoff is listed in the credits as one of Gough's student. The shrill music is by Gerard Schurmann.
Review of Konga
