First of all to reviewer Cosmo the film you are thinking of is FROM HELL IT CAME. That was about a tree monster coming to life. The tree was by Paul Blaisdell who made a lot of monster suits for A.I.P. in their B movie years.
I saw this movie on You Tube last night. From what I heard it was a lost movie (And some people might say it should have stayed lost) The print I saw was in Spainish.
The film is made up of lots of footage of mostly of people who live in the jungle. There is a lot of footage of topless native women. Also some film from a circus is spliced in.
