If you loved The Son of Kong, try Dr. Cyclops

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, and they sit in Adventure / Horror / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Son of Kong, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Dr. Cyclops is

Dawn in the Peruvian jungle. A cracked beaker fizzes on a rusted lab table. The explorers wake smaller, crawling through towering ferns and spilled sugar cubes, shadows of rats looming above. Pre-Hays Code sci-fi horror, where the madman’s lab coat fits too loose and the ants don’t care who you were.

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