Review of The Lost Spider Pit Sequence

Next to Lon Chaney's London After Midnight, the most sought after "lost" film in movie history is the legendary "spider pit" scene from the 1933 version of King Kong (the best version in my humble opinion). The scene shows a group of sailors being shaken off a log by King Kong and falling into a deep ravine where they are eaten alive by giant spiders. The legend is that this was shown to a test audience and they reacted so violenty that it was cut out and subsequently lost. My how audiences tastes have changed over the years! When Peter Jackson decided to remake Kong in 2005 he was asked over and over "Is there going to be a spider pit scene in this one?" His office had to actually put out a press release saying there would be. People want to see this gruesome stuff today and the spider pit scene in Jackson's film is incredibly disgusting. To have a little "fun" Jackson and his partners in crime decided to recreate the spider pit scene from the original Kong and it is masterfully done if you spliced it into the 1933 film you wouldn't notice the difference.