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SOURCE-The Film Detective Blu Ray
Sure I saw this as a kid on the local horror host show. But watching it now I really remembered nothing about it.
A rocket is sent into space. On it is some wasps. They get exposed to radation and the rocket falls back to Earth. Landing in a part of Africa dubbed Green Hell. Cause of the hellish jungles. A group of scientests go to investigate after rumors of giant monsters attacking,plus they need to find stuff that was on the rocket.
Made up of piles of stock footage this was a popular film on various horror packages in the days when syndicated movie packages were big on broadcast tv. Either the film was public domain or assumed to be cause it appeared on so many horror shows.
Mostly black and white,with a short bit of color towards the end,this is from near the dying days of the US cycle of giant "FILL IN THE BLANK" on the attack films.
This is barely feature length,runs 71ish minutes,and feels much longer. Part of that is the giant wasps attacks are spaced so far apart in the film. The big climax,our heroes finding the wasps nest happens about 10 minutes before the ending.
Monster from Green Hell is a film that is mostly remembered cause of it's great title. And well for me cause I heard the Misfits song Green Hell so many times over the decades.
Now while the film ain't great,this blu ray is amazing. The film looks great. We get a commentary from comic great Stephen Bissette. Plus the 4:3 and 16:9 versions of the film. Huge thanks to Cody for giving me this blu ray.
Monster from Green Hell gets a D+.
