10 Movies You Totally Forgot Had Sequels

10. Son Of King (1933)

With the famous tagline “The Eighth Wonder of the World”, King Kong has become a renowned symbol of American movie culture, right up there with Godzilla for fictional monsters. He’s an original creation and not binded by any novella or ancient mythology which allows for plenty of creative freedom when making a story about the famous beast. Over the decades, King Kong has spawned out several movies, imitations, parodies, comics, video games and even managed to get a stage play.

The ongoing franchise all started in 1933 when Merian C. Cooper conceived the idea of the monstrous gorilla. The original story goes as a film crew travel to an exotic island and stumble across the colossal ape in which he is then captured and taken for public show. Despite its age, the original King Kong is still an exciting horror movie, showcasing a grand scale of set pieces and production values. It may also be one of the earliest examples of pre-dominantly using the image of The Empire State Building (a big deal at the time as the building was only completed a couple years beforehand).

Thanks to the success of the movie, it was followed up with a sequel named Son of Kong which was written, produced and released in the exact same year as the original film – that in itself should tell you what the quality of this secondary flick is like.

Son of Kong is a shift in genre as it’s more of adventure comedy and it sees the explorers have more sympathy for the gorilla in this movie. It’s easy to see why this film has gone under the radar – the original Kong movie is often eclipsed by more recent adaptations of the famous ape so why would its ancient sequel be any more eminent?