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Monster from Green Hell

  • 19571957
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
1.1K
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Monster from Green Hell (1957)
A scientific expedition in Africa investigates wasps that have been exposed to radiation and mutated into giant, killing monsters.
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  • Horror
  • Sci-Fi
A scientific expedition in Africa investigates wasps that have been exposed to radiation and mutated into giant, killing monsters.A scientific expedition in Africa investigates wasps that have been exposed to radiation and mutated into giant, killing monsters.A scientific expedition in Africa investigates wasps that have been exposed to radiation and mutated into giant, killing monsters.
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Kenneth G. Crane
  • Writers
    • Louis Vittes(screenplay)
    • Endre Bohem(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jim Davis
    • Robert Griffin
    • Joel Fluellen
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  • Director
    • Kenneth G. Crane
  • Writers
    • Louis Vittes(screenplay)
    • Endre Bohem(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jim Davis
    • Robert Griffin
    • Joel Fluellen
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    • 47User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
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    Barbara Turner and Jim Davis in Monster from Green Hell (1957)
    Barbara Turner and Jim Davis in Monster from Green Hell (1957)
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    Jim Davis
    Jim Davis
    • Dr. Quent Bradyas Dr. Quent Brady
    Robert Griffin
    Robert Griffin
    • Dan Morganas Dan Morgan
    • (as Robert E. Griffin)
    Joel Fluellen
    • Arobias Arobi
    Barbara Turner
    Barbara Turner
    • Lornaas Lorna
    Eduardo Ciannelli
    Eduardo Ciannelli
    • Mahrias Mahri
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    • Dr. Lorentzas Dr. Lorentz
    Tim Huntley
    • Territorial Agentas Territorial Agent
    • (uncredited)
    LaVerne Jones
    • Kuanaas Kuana
    • (uncredited)
    Frederic Potler
    • Radar Operatoras Radar Operator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Kenneth G. Crane
    • Writers
      • Louis Vittes(screenplay)
      • Endre Bohem(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The sequence in which hundreds of African natives attack the safari before being turned back by fire is taken from Stanley and Livingstone (1939). Note that star Jim Davis is costumed very much like Spencer Tracy was in that film. If you look closely, the rifles used in 1939 footage and this movie's spliced-in scenes are different models.
    • Goofs
      In the closeup of the newspaper article headlines Central Africa in Turmoil, it is clearly visible that the upper half of the newspaper has been pasted over the lower portion. The thumb on the left hand side of the screen is at the dividing point between the pasted portions.
    • Connections
      Edited from Stanley and Livingstone (1939)

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    A gem from my youth
    Growing up in Los Angeles in the late '50s & early '60s, we had "The Million Dollar Movie" on KHJ-channel 9. The MMM ran every night as well as twice on Saturdays and Sundays, giving the viewer nine opportunities over the course of the week to see whatever film was being shown.

    When the MMM showed "The Monster From Green Hell," my cronies and I were seven or eight years old. We saw "The Monster From Green Hell" all nine times!!! Up to that point in our lives, it was perhaps the greatest thing ever put on celluloid.

    Heck, giant wasps had over-run Africa and only Jim Davis, who starred as the hero ambulance driver in "Rescue 8" at the time could save mankind. Although I've read that the special effects were really cheap, I thought they might as well have come directly from George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic. Those huge, giant wasps sure looked real to us! I recall Viewing #8, Sunday afternoon, for you. A buddy and I were at my house, getting ready to watch it in our Living Room when my dad came in, plopped down into his favorite comfy chair and told us he was going to watch something else, something other than ... "The Monster From Green Hell." How could this be? Sacriledge was being committed right before our young eyes! Fortunately, I knew my dad's Sunday afternoon habits, and Habit #1 was sawing logs within five minutes of landing in his afore-mentioned comfy chair. As luck would have it, sure enough, he was off in Dreamland within only a couple minutes.

    Discovering this, my buddy and I scooted up as close to the TV as humanly possible and turned the sound down so we could barely hear it.

    It was in this manner that we caught virtually all of "The Monster From Green Hell" for the eighth straight showing on "Million Dollar Movie." Well, almost all of it.

    Within a minute or two of its conclusion, the mighty beast stirred. Uh oh, my dad had awakened. With a surge of sudden awesome, lightning-quick fury, he arose, hovering over us like Shaq over Billy Barty, and erupted, "THAT'S IT, DAMMIT, NO MORE GODDAMNED 'GREEN HELL!" With that we scooted out from under his grasp, out of the Living Room, out of the house and down the street, congratulating ourselves as if we'd just won the World Series. For we had done it! We pulled off the impossible, a mighty feat indeed! Risking life itself, we were able to see what we truly believed was one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, "The Monster From Green Hell," eight straight times.

    That night, at my buddy's house, we capped our perfect week by seeing it for the ninth and final time.

    I have never seen it listed on TV again - and yes, I would kill to see it after all these years.
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    • estabansmythe
    • Sep 6, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • 1957 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Creatures from Green Hell
    • Filming locations
      • Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Gross-Krasne Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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