From Hell It Came (1957)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Dan Milner

Writers:

Richard Bernstein (screenplay)
Richard Bernstein (story)

Release Date:

25 August 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Frightmare! Born of Jungle Witchcraft! Created by a Curse!

Plot:

A wrongfully accused South Seas prince is executed, and returns as a walking tree stump.

Plot Keywords:

South Seas | Island | Revenge | Quicksand | Native Girl

Cast

Tod Andrews	...	Dr. William Arnold
Tina Carver	...	Dr. Terry Mason
Linda Watkins	...	Mrs. Mae Kilgore
John McNamara	...	Prof. Clark
Gregg Palmer	...	Kimo
Robert Swan	...	Tano
Baynes Barron	...	Chief Maranka
Suzanne Ridgeway	...	Korey
Mark Sheeler	...	Eddie
Lee Rhodes	...	Norgu
Grace Mathews	...	Orchid
Tani Marsh	...	Naomi
Chester Hayes	...	Maku / The Tabanga
Lenmana Guerin	...	Dori

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #18636)

Company:

Allied Artists Pictures

Trivia:

Actually, that critique was, "Send it back."

Goofs:

Continuity: The graveyard where Kimo is buried varies from scene to scene between a single roadside grave and a mountainous cemetery .

Quotes:

[after drinking]
Dr. Arnold: You better lay off that stuff, Professor. You'll wake up in the morning with a hangover, but the drums will still be here.
Prof. Clark: The drums don't bother me, Doc. As a matter of fact, they have a nice anthropological beat.
Dr. Arnold: Well, maybe we ought to record it, get it on the hit parade!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Monsterama Sci-Fi Late Night Creature Feature Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

great memories!

I was 4 or 5 when we saw this. It would be another thirteen years or so before it would be shown again on television, but my brother and sister and watched it that night back in the mid-70's. What a hoot!

Around that same time acquired a full-sheet poster of the movie from a now-defunct movie warehouse in Philly. Wished now I would have kept it, but I traded it for some awesome old western lobby cards.

The "Tobonga" is one of my favorite childhood monsters. I remember the next day after watching it the first time I rode my tricycle up over the hill beyond where we lived to join another group of kids. My brother pointed to a stump that was part of a fence post and warned me about the tree-monster! I turned and pedaled all the way home as fast as I could! That old stump is still there! That was in '64 or 65'.

Loved the quicksand! Always been a fan of jungle flicks, so I must credit this awful little film for that!