One of my favorite actors, Michael Gough, died this week. He lived to be 94, so he'd gotten to that age where you're surprised someone's still around. (but glad!)
My favorite Gough movie is Konga, a terrible and great early 60s British King Kong rip-off. M.G. chews up the scenery with gusto, as he does in many of his films. He plays an evil and lecherous zoologist who has come up with a formula for making living things grow at an astounding and speedy rate. His main test subject is the titular chimp, though he also has a sideline in carnivorous plants. At the same time, he's macking on one of his students, a busty blonde who wouldn't seem to have any interest in science, but since this is a bad movie, she does. In the end, Konga becomes huge and carries Gough around the streets of London, and the blonde gets eaten by a plant.
My favorite Gough movie is Konga, a terrible and great early 60s British King Kong rip-off. M.G. chews up the scenery with gusto, as he does in many of his films. He plays an evil and lecherous zoologist who has come up with a formula for making living things grow at an astounding and speedy rate. His main test subject is the titular chimp, though he also has a sideline in carnivorous plants. At the same time, he's macking on one of his students, a busty blonde who wouldn't seem to have any interest in science, but since this is a bad movie, she does. In the end, Konga becomes huge and carries Gough around the streets of London, and the blonde gets eaten by a plant.
