Fondly remembered as a permanent resident on all-night movie channels, this patchwork concoction has just enough ‘good stuff’ to qualify as a fun monster show. Jim Davis’s stock-footage safari arrives just in time to be irrelevant to the fate of the title monsters; some good actors are along for what amounts to a picnic in Griffith Park’s Bronson Caverns. There’s still not a full accounting of who did what, special effects-wise. But Hey! The picture has stop-motion animation, which always guarantees viewer interest.
Monster from Green Hell
Blu-ray
The Film Detective
1957 / B&w with colorized sequence / 1:85 widescreen + 1:33 open matte / min. / Street Date March 8, 2022 / Available from The Film Detective / 24.95
Starring: Jim Davis, Robert Griffin, Joel Fluellen, Barbara Turner, Eduardo Ciannelli, Vladimir Sokoloff.
Cinematography: Ray Franklin
Production Designer: Ernst Fegté
Visual Effects: Louis DeWitt, Jack Rabin, Irving Block, Wah Chang, Jack Cosgrove, Gene Warren
Film Editor: Kenneth G. Crane...
Monster from Green Hell
Blu-ray
The Film Detective
1957 / B&w with colorized sequence / 1:85 widescreen + 1:33 open matte / min. / Street Date March 8, 2022 / Available from The Film Detective / 24.95
Starring: Jim Davis, Robert Griffin, Joel Fluellen, Barbara Turner, Eduardo Ciannelli, Vladimir Sokoloff.
Cinematography: Ray Franklin
Production Designer: Ernst Fegté
Visual Effects: Louis DeWitt, Jack Rabin, Irving Block, Wah Chang, Jack Cosgrove, Gene Warren
Film Editor: Kenneth G. Crane...
- 3/8/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Too Awesome to Describe! Too Terrifying to Escape!
The Film Detective will release Kenneth G. Crane’s classic B-movie creature feature Monster From Green Hell (1957) on special-edition Blu-ray and DVD, March 8. Featuring a new 4k transfer, exclusive bonus features and rare, colorized version of the film’s climax.
From the era of giant bugs and atomic testing comes this low-budget howler about mutant wasps. When scientists try to understand the effects of radiation on earth creatures, the result brings them to an area of Africa known as “Green Hell,” where wasps have mutated into monsters!
Jim Davis, who later starred in the TV series Dallas, plays Dr. Quent Brady, the scientist who starts the whole mess. The film also stars Vladimir Sokoloff (The Life of Emile Zola, Mission to Moscow) as the skeptical Dr. Lorentz and Joel Fluellen (Raisin in the Sun) as Arobi, who warns Brady to beware of the African location.
The Film Detective will release Kenneth G. Crane’s classic B-movie creature feature Monster From Green Hell (1957) on special-edition Blu-ray and DVD, March 8. Featuring a new 4k transfer, exclusive bonus features and rare, colorized version of the film’s climax.
From the era of giant bugs and atomic testing comes this low-budget howler about mutant wasps. When scientists try to understand the effects of radiation on earth creatures, the result brings them to an area of Africa known as “Green Hell,” where wasps have mutated into monsters!
Jim Davis, who later starred in the TV series Dallas, plays Dr. Quent Brady, the scientist who starts the whole mess. The film also stars Vladimir Sokoloff (The Life of Emile Zola, Mission to Moscow) as the skeptical Dr. Lorentz and Joel Fluellen (Raisin in the Sun) as Arobi, who warns Brady to beware of the African location.
- 2/10/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I love wordplay, and portmanteaus are my favourite. Come on over and I’ll tell you about The Manster (1959), part man, part monster, all good B movie madness. Two-headed Americans abroad in Japan is a very specific sub-genre, and underappreciated at that.
Originally released in Japan in July but not released stateside until March of ’62, United Artist Japan’s production was filmed there, and they spared every expense by using the same cardboard sets, flimsy, sparse labs and restaged hotel rooms as their American counterparts. (Papier mache volcano included.) But the mix of Japanese, British, and American actors gives The Manster (Aka The Split) a distinct flavor beyond the two pronged noggin. Oh, and the eyeball in the shoulder. Have I mentioned the caged sister with the melting face?
Our film opens on that mountainside by that gurgling volcano at the secret lab of Dr. Robert Suzuki (Tetsu Nakamura – The Last Dinosaur...
Originally released in Japan in July but not released stateside until March of ’62, United Artist Japan’s production was filmed there, and they spared every expense by using the same cardboard sets, flimsy, sparse labs and restaged hotel rooms as their American counterparts. (Papier mache volcano included.) But the mix of Japanese, British, and American actors gives The Manster (Aka The Split) a distinct flavor beyond the two pronged noggin. Oh, and the eyeball in the shoulder. Have I mentioned the caged sister with the melting face?
Our film opens on that mountainside by that gurgling volcano at the secret lab of Dr. Robert Suzuki (Tetsu Nakamura – The Last Dinosaur...
- 11/11/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
John Cairn's Schoolgirl ApocalypseSTORY70%ACTING70%DIRECTING70%VISUALS70%POSITIVESOriginal take on the zombie genreGreat production values Good acting by gorgeous actressesNEGATIVESThe animated sequence2016-05-2070%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (1 Vote)97%
John Cairn’s first feature film was produced during the 2010 Naff (Network of Asian Fantastic Films) It Project, a section of the Korean organization that introduces talented genre film projects and provides opportunities of investment and co-production of newly discovered, promising genre filmmakers from Asia and Asian Diaspora . “King of Pigs” and “Ruined “Heart” are two distinct examples of the films that have benefited from the project.
Sakura is a regular Japanese schoolgirl who practices kyudo (Japanese martial art of archery) at school and English at home, since she has a dream of going to America to study. However, her world turns upside town when suddenly, all the men in her town, turn against the women, after an eerie sound who makes their ears bleed,...
John Cairn’s first feature film was produced during the 2010 Naff (Network of Asian Fantastic Films) It Project, a section of the Korean organization that introduces talented genre film projects and provides opportunities of investment and co-production of newly discovered, promising genre filmmakers from Asia and Asian Diaspora . “King of Pigs” and “Ruined “Heart” are two distinct examples of the films that have benefited from the project.
Sakura is a regular Japanese schoolgirl who practices kyudo (Japanese martial art of archery) at school and English at home, since she has a dream of going to America to study. However, her world turns upside town when suddenly, all the men in her town, turn against the women, after an eerie sound who makes their ears bleed,...
- 5/20/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Ken Crane's, a California retailer of high-end television sets for six decades, is calling it quits.
Citing the worst recession since the company was founded in 1948, Ken Crane's said Friday that it will shutter its last six stores after a liquidation sale ends in 60 days.
The closure comes just four years after the company experienced its best year ever, growing sales by more than 40% in 2006.
In January, Ken Crane's closed four of its 10 stores and laid off 100 of its 175 employees, an ill-fated effort at downsizing that failed to save the company.
Crane's boasts more than 100 flat-screen and home-theater TV systems and had been the exclusive California retailer of Panasonic's massive 103-inch plasma HD, the biggest TV set in its category.
A spokeswoman said bankruptcy was not viable but they will consider buyout options.
Ken Crane founded his company with a $3,500 loan to buy a radio store. Although radio was a thriving media,...
Citing the worst recession since the company was founded in 1948, Ken Crane's said Friday that it will shutter its last six stores after a liquidation sale ends in 60 days.
The closure comes just four years after the company experienced its best year ever, growing sales by more than 40% in 2006.
In January, Ken Crane's closed four of its 10 stores and laid off 100 of its 175 employees, an ill-fated effort at downsizing that failed to save the company.
Crane's boasts more than 100 flat-screen and home-theater TV systems and had been the exclusive California retailer of Panasonic's massive 103-inch plasma HD, the biggest TV set in its category.
A spokeswoman said bankruptcy was not viable but they will consider buyout options.
Ken Crane founded his company with a $3,500 loan to buy a radio store. Although radio was a thriving media,...
- 6/18/2010
- by By Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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