A British King Kong and an English Godzilla?!
Question: During the peak of the Big Ol' Monster movies of the 50s and early 60s, even the Danes made a film in which a nordic BOM does a decent Godzilla imitation and stomps downtown Copenhagen; the film was called 'Reptilicus' and it did good business at drive-in movie theaters in the U.S.A.
The British film industry even got into the act and produced a pair of Big Ol' Monster movies; one featured a Big Ol' Gorilla who smashes London's Big Ben in a frenzy to find a particular blond, and the other features a Big Ol' Humanoid Lizard who swims up the Thames and makes London Bridge fall down.
Can anyone name either or both of the BOMs in the two films I've (almost) described, for Best Answer?
(Hint: Charlton comics featured both BOMs in their own comic books. The Big Ol' Gorilla wasn't around very long, but the Big Ol' Lizard lasted a little longer and looked good in some vintage Steve Ditko artwork.)
Answers: During the peak of the Big Ol' Monster movies of the 50s and early 60s, even the Danes made a film in which a nordic BOM does a decent Godzilla imitation and stomps downtown Copenhagen; the film was called 'Reptilicus' and it did good business at drive-in movie theaters in the U.S.A.
The British film industry even got into the act and produced a pair of Big Ol' Monster movies; one featured a Big Ol' Gorilla who smashes London's Big Ben in a frenzy to find a particular blond, and the other features a Big Ol' Humanoid Lizard who swims up the Thames and makes London Bridge fall down.
Can anyone name either or both of the BOMs in the two films I've (almost) described, for Best Answer?
(Hint: Charlton comics featured both BOMs in their own comic books. The Big Ol' Gorilla wasn't around very long, but the Big Ol' Lizard lasted a little longer and looked good in some vintage Steve Ditko artwork.)
Gorgo (reptile)
and
Konga (ape)
...now, now!!! Let's give some credit, where credit's due!!! (...with all due respect to the first answer poster, who quickly, albeit fairly 'jumped' on Konga and Gorgo) As far as London getting the living crap stomped out of it, the reptilian creature in 1956's "The Giant Behemoth", as well as the simian creature in 1976's "Queen Kong", did their fair share....
...really got a kick out of your idea of pitting Zilla up against Konga, though!!! An rather ironic match-up, in that they were once regular-sized creatures, who probably would have never crossed paths; however, through artificial means (...one chemical, and one through radiation), they had both become enlarged monsters, and naturally, their first instinct would be territoriality, and adversoric survival...