'King Kong' Leads Rampage of 'Creature-Feature' Dvds

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A number of horror/fantasy shows have landed on DVD this week, led by the latest remake of that granddaddy of monster movies, "King Kong."

-- "King Kong: Special Edition" (Universal, 2005, PG-13, $30.98, two discs). Filmmaker Peter Jackson's follow-up to his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was this equally gargantuan effort, a remake of his favorite childhood film. And he chose to do it as a period piece, and keep it faithful to the 1933 original.

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'King Kong' Leads Rampage of 'Creature-Feature' Dvds

The result is captivating, from the film's visual effects to the '30s set design to the relationship that develops between "beauty" Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) and "beast" King Kong (animated from "motion-captu...

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