What the movie lacks in special effects and storyline, this sales brochure for Konga makes up for with exciting graphic style. I love the synopsis on the second page, which includes “Sandra falls into some mysterious man-eating plants.” The first page is a die-cut showing only Konga’s eyes, a nice pricey printing touch. There was a fascination with apes, as primal terror or comic relief, to scare and cheer audiences from the early days of Hollywood, beginning with 1918’s Tarzan of the Apes, up until the 1970s. Of course, the usual primate sidekick did still appear, here and there, in movies. Monkeys could be pretty scary too, but apes have the size and bulk more suitable for being visually menacing; and, let’s face it, look funnier dressed in human clothing.
