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Monster from Green Hell

Monster from Green Hell

The mammoth monster that terrified the Earth! Too awesome to describe! Too terrifying to escape! Too powerful to stop!

19573.71h 11m

Overview

A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of weightlessness and radiations, crashes out of control back to Earth, into the jungles of Africa. The two astrobiologists in charge of the test mount an expedition to the Darkest Continent to retrieve their experiment, only to find the wasps have grown to giant size which are panicking all forms of life as they quest for food.

Directed by Kenneth G. Crane
Written by Louis Vittes, Endre Bohem
Produced by Al Zimbalist
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Top Cast

Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Dr. Quent Brady

Robert Griffin

Robert Griffin

Dan Morgan

Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

Arobi

Barbara Turner

Barbara Turner

Lorna Lorentz

Eduardo Ciannelli

Eduardo Ciannelli

Mahri

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

Dr. Lorentz

Themes & Keywords

radiationmissionaryjunglewaspscientist hero

About Monster from Green Hell

Monster from Green Hell is a science fiction, horror film released in 1957 exploring themes of radiation, missionary, jungle, wasp, scientist hero. Directed by Kenneth G. Crane, it stars Jim Davis, Robert Griffin, Joel Fluellen. A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of weightlessness and radiations, crashes out of control back to Earth, into the jungles of Africa. The two astrobiologists in charge of the test mount an expedition to the Darkest Continent to retrieve their experiment, only to find the wasps have grown to giant size which are panicking all forms of life as they quest for food.

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