Monster from Green Hell [The Film Detective Special Edition] [Blu-ray]

Director: Kenneth G. Crane

Overview

The American government inexplicably tries to send a box of wasps into space, but the mission ends when the rocket crashes in Africa. While on an expedition to recover the insects, an adventurer (Jimmy Lynn Davis) and his team finds the wasps have grown to immense proportions due to accidental radiation treatments.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/08/2022
UPC:	0760137830887
Original Release:	1958
Source:	Film Detective
Language:	English
Time:	1:01:00
Sales rank:	22,746

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Robert E. Griffin	Dan Morgan,Dan Morgan
Joel Fluellen	Arobi
Barbara Turner	Lorna Lorentz
Eduardo Ciannelli	Mahri
Vladimir Sokoloff	Dr. Lorentz
Jimmy Davis	Dr. Quent Brady
Albert Glasser	Composer

Technical Credits

Endre Bohem

Louis Vittes

Kenneth G. Crane	Director,Director
Al Zimbalist	Producer
Philip Krasne	Executive Producer
Louis DeWitt	Special Effects
Jack Gross	Executive Producer
Endre Bohem	Screenwriter
Louis Vittes	Screenwriter
Jack R. Rabin	Special Effects
Stanley Cooley	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

They don't really get much worse than Monster from Green Hell, a horrible, ludicrous "giant mutated insect" movie from 1958 that is strictly bottom of the barrel. Now, if you are in the right frame of mind, all this might mean that it's just exactly what you're looking for, because many people get a huge kick out of laughing at the absurdity of these low-budget monster flicks. Be advised, however, that while there is plenty to laugh at in Monster, there also is an incredible amount of dead space throughout the film. It seems that director Kenneth G. Crane had to pad the film out to meet a certain length requirement, and so there's a lot of time when nothing really happens as our heroes journey through the jungle. Also, there's a high percentage of stock footage, which doesn't necessarily seamlessly match the actual "new" footage. And then there are the "special" effects. Aside from two -- one in which a giant wasp is seen coming over a hill and another involving a wasp-python fight -- the other effects are abysmal. (There's where you get your yocks.) The cast is poor, with Jim Davis unbelievable as a scientist and Barbara Turner unappealing as the love interest. The script, by the way, is dreadful, in case you needed to be told.