King Kong (1933) (BD)
Captured on blu-ray at last comes the greatest of all horror films with masterly special effects (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Memorable moments abound: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simians lovestruck obsession with the film shoots blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray); Kongs capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast. But in these and other great scenes, King Kong lives forever.