Monster From Green Hell (1957) (The Film Detective Special Edition) - March 8th, 2022

[MifuneFan]

The Film Detective will be releasing the Sci-fi B-movie Monster From Green Hell (1957) on Blu-ray on March 8th. The film will include a commentary track, and color booklet.

Extras:

• Missouri Born: The Films of Jim Davis, an all-new career retrospective with author/film historian C. Courtney Joyner
• The Men Behind the Monsters, an essay by author Don Stradley featured in a full color booklet
• Commentary with artist/author Stephen R. Bissette
• Includes both widescreen (1.85:1) and full frame (1.33:1) versions

From the era of giant bugs and atomic testing comes this low budget howler about mutant wasps. When scientists try to understand the effects of radiation on earth creatures, the result brings them to an area of Africa known as "Green Hell," where wasps have mutated into monsters! Jim Davis, who would someday star in the TV series Dallas, plays Dr. Quent Brady, the scientist who starts the whole mess. The film also stars Vladimir Sokoloff (The Life of Emile Zola, Mission to Moscow) as the skeptical Dr. Lorentz, and Joel Fluellen (Raisin in the Sun), as Arobi, who warns Brady to beware of the African location. The locals don't call it "Green Hell" for nothing! Co-written by Louis Vittes, who gave us the classic, I Married a Monster From Outer Space.