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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.
Robert Griffin
- Dan Morgan
- (as Robert E. Griffin)
Tim Huntley
- Territorial Agent
- (uncredited)
LaVerne Jones
- Kuana
- (uncredited)
Frederic Potler
- Radar Operator
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsIn 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.
- ConnectionsEdited from Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
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Big Wasps are fun but walking across Africa isn't
I was surprised at the amount of giant wasp animated action in the film at the start. There is even a giant full sized head prop too. But there seems to be quite a bit of Jim Davis voice over and as the movie goes on there starts to be more walking to get to the giant wasps than there is actual giant wasps. One major character dies off screen in a way that seems like they never got to shoot it. (Another character shows up and explains what happened) Then the ending is all stock footage and dissolves to footage we've already seen. And Jim Davis, as he did later in THE DAY TIME ENDED, explaining it all to us. Thank god otherwise you'd have only a vague idea of what you just saw, or didn't really get to see.
Too bad they ran out of what little money they had. A lively start progressively gets duller. Still that big wasp head was cool, another problem is the generally crappy quality of many copies of the film available which make the footage either dark or blown out. If you're going to watch it make sure you get a decent copy first.
The sending test animals into space aspect of the premise is a bit novel as is the idea of having the space ship crash way out in the middle of Africa and having to go find it. Certainly since the film was made, like with the remains of Space Lab, that type of thing has happened.
Too bad they ran out of what little money they had. A lively start progressively gets duller. Still that big wasp head was cool, another problem is the generally crappy quality of many copies of the film available which make the footage either dark or blown out. If you're going to watch it make sure you get a decent copy first.
The sending test animals into space aspect of the premise is a bit novel as is the idea of having the space ship crash way out in the middle of Africa and having to go find it. Certainly since the film was made, like with the remains of Space Lab, that type of thing has happened.
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- Apr 2, 2006
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- Creatures from Green Hell
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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