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shran	Spider Pit Article	Lead	[-]
Jan 11 09 8:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here is one of the never before published pictures of the pit that is featured in Gary's and my article. We were going to wait a while longer before posting it, but I saw that it's already appeared on Ebay, so i'll let you guys see a high res' version of it. A special thanks to Chris Endicott for providing us with this! Last Edited By: shran Jan 12 09 6:13 PM. Edited 1 time.
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HalLane		#1	[-]
Jan 11 09 9:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Big time thanks, shran (and Gary), on behalf of Kongophiles everywhere! We're still going to buy the mag, though .
shran		#2	[-]
Jan 11 09 10:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	HalLane wrote: Big time thanks, shran (and Gary), on behalf of Kongophiles everywhere! We're still going to buy the mag, though . Good, It's a great article, but seeing as this picture has appeared on Ebay now ( I won't be as generous sending pics to folk that I "TRUST" again ), I thought I may as well share it before someone else steals our "thunder". The image that is in Filmfax is very small, and Gary asked me to post it here in higher res'.
Kingkongkessler		#3	[-]
Jan 11 09 10:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	cool, thanks shran and Gary, great stuff Kess
shran		#4	[-]
Jan 11 09 10:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You're welcome, Kess ... And thanks for your continuing support!
The Giant Pacific Octopus		#5	[-]
Jan 11 09 10:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ahh, Great. I wanted to see a big close-up of that pic after the small scan in the Filmfax issue. Thanks for posting. A few questions 1. Where did you find it? It seems strange that this pic suddenly turns up after all these decades. 2. Do you think its the same lizard as in the other shot? The script mentions "lizards" as in plural, but they kinda look the same to me, including the "pig-like" snout. 3. Do you know if the same model was used for the lizard we see in the film, or if a new one was built? The model in the film does look alittle different.
G Vallejo		#6	[-]
Jan 12 09 1:13 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hi, Ocky! No idea where Chris got it from. He just produced it one day. Shran, did you ask him? It's definitely not the same lizard. The vine-crawler only has two legs, and though it's hard to tell, the other one looks like it has four. But the heads look different to me. The two-legged one appears in You'll Find Out, I believe. Shran can post that pic, if he's got it. So, I guess there's hope for more pics to surface some day. You never know. A perfect Monster has no end...
HalLane		#7	[-]
Jan 12 09 10:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	G Vallejo wrote: The two-legged one appears in You'll Find Out, I believe. As with most things in life, cross referencing the relative parameters of Kay Kayser can give us a feel for the scale of it:
Rakshasa		#8	[-]
Jan 12 09 4:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks Shran and Gary for posting that hi-res shot. That is awesome! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Cameron McCasland		#9	[-]
Jan 12 09 7:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	bummer someone stole your picture. Thanks for sharing
Doc Dynamo		#10	[-]
Jan 16 09 3:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Read part 2 and the article is first rate. Very clear thinking.
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Cueva Muerte		#11	[-]
Jan 24 09 2:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mario Larrinaga Spider Pit sketch: http://www.imageno.com/srwj752lufuspic.html
G Vallejo		#12	[-]
Jan 24 09 8:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cueva Muerte wrote: Mario Larrinaga Spider Pit sketch: http://www.imageno.com/srwj752lufuspic.html I think we sent that picture to Filmfax as well. Shran, do we have this one already? I remember having another sketch that was different than the main pre-production sketch. You can see it on the Kong 33 DVD doc briefly. Is this the same one? Or is it different? A perfect Monster has no end...
The Giant Pacific Octopus		#13	[-]
Jan 24 09 8:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here is the pic that Cueva Muerte posted in that link (incase anyone was having problems with the link, like myself until I opened it with IE rather then my regular browser). That's a great pic. I never saw the full shot before. On the WB King Kong DVD, you only see a portion of the picture. (Just the crab portion on the left). I have never seen the full pic up until now. Its pretty cool to see the giant spider on the right, and a giant snake up above. I know a giant snake was intended to menace Ann Darrow at the base of the dead tree. I never knew they intended one to be in the actual pit itself. Thanks for posting Cueva.
shran		#14	[-]
Jan 24 09 8:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	We do, but it doesn't show as much as this one and it didn't look as old, it was lighter. Thanks for posting, Cueva Muerte. Is that one from your own collection? If so, how old is it? Thanks again.
shran		#15	[-]
Jan 24 09 8:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Giant Pacific Octopus, you can see the snake in the famous "Big" spider still. It is lay on the log and you can make out its head between the spiders legs (sounds crude I know. Lol).
The Giant Pacific Octopus		#16	[-]
Jan 24 09 8:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here is the pic as it appeared on the DVD.
The Giant Pacific Octopus		#17	[-]
Jan 24 09 8:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	shran wrote: The Giant Pacific Octopus, you can see the snake in the famous "Big" spider still. It is lay on the log and you can make out its head between the spiders legs (sounds crude I know. Lol). Oh yeah. I always thought that was a log, but it does look like a snake (complete with speckled skin). That's strange. There was never a mention of a snake in the actual pit in any of the scripts.
G Vallejo		#18	[-]
Jan 24 09 9:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, there was the snake that menaced Ann Darrow in her tree, right before the T-Rex shows up. That was in the test reel. You can still see her reacting to it in the finished film, right before she notices the T-Rex. I always wondered about that snake, because we never saw or heard of it again. If that is a snake in the pic, that would seem to indicate to me that it's a publicity still, since the snake wouldn't be in both places at once (menacing Ann and in the pit). They just took some of the models and posed them for the shot, without regard to what actually happens in the script/test reel. If you all don't mind, I'll send this pic along to Filmfax... maybe they'll print it in a later issue. A perfect Monster has no end...
HalLane		#19	[-]
Jan 24 09 10:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Neat pix . That pit snake reminds me of the plesiosaur necktie Kong wears in his cave.
Cueva Muerte		#20	[-]
Jan 25 09 12:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<Cueva Muerte. Is that one from your own collection? If so, how old is it? Thanks again. > Hi Shran. That's from the Heritage posters website: http://movieposters.ha.co...No=58091&Lot_No=51194 The sale was last September and the drawing went for $1,434.00. (I wasn't the lucky bidder, unfortunately.) I increased the contrast in the sketch when I loaded it. Always wondered about that snake on the log... Has any photo shown the pile of mud into which the sailors fall?
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