The 1933 'King Kong' Sequel 'Son of Kong' Haunts My Every Waking Moment

In 2021, I published a piece on the 1976 King Kong remake, a film I deeply adore and argue might possibly be the best King Kong movie put to screen. I need you to forget about that. Erase that noting from your brain entirely because we are here today to discuss the motion picture Son of Kong, a movie that is only "best" on a list of films that have made me scream nonsense at a wall until my neighbors called the police. I have no idea if Son of Kong is even obscure enough to write about as a novel thing in 2021. I have no idea why I'm doing this, except maybe as a form of immersion therapy. The only thing I know for sure is that in the lead-up to Godzilla vs. Kong I decided to watch Son of Kong and the experience forever altered me as a person. Let's discuss this one-hour-and-nine-minute movie from 1933, which introduced the world to King Kong's adorable son and then promptly drowned him in the Pacific Ocean.The first thing to know about Son of Kong is that to say RKO Pictures fast-trac...