A*P*E - 1976

In 1976, Dino de Laurentis produced his remake of King Kong. Jeff Bridges starred, it was a whole thing. The same year, this Korean American co-production was released to capitalize. 

APE is a joke. You know it's bad when the title stands for Attacking Primate monstEr...with the fucking E capitalized? Really guys? 

 This feels very close to some of the Z grade Godzilla rip offs coming out in Japan in the 60s and 70s. The ape looks ridiculous in a fun way, and the scenes involving it are so bad it's great, with terrible miniatures, bad scale mistakes, and shitty costumes. There is basically hardly ever any perspective shot showing how big he is, and when there is, it's a joke. 

 As APE goes on, you'll swear you're halfway through then realize you're 20 minutes in. It's slow as ape shit. Nothing much happens ever, what little does is stolen from King Kong, and the movie will tempt you to turn it off multiple times. Ugh.