From Hell It Came

Poster tagline: THE BEAST-THING FROM OUT OF THE EARTH! ITS ROOTS REACHING OUT TO THE DEAD! ITS CRAWLING CREEPERS REACHING OUT FOR HUMAN FLESH! ITS MONSTROUS BODY BULLDOZING ITS WAY THRU THE JUNGLE NIGHT! You’ll be hard pressed to find a more ridiculous looking monster in the movies of that era. The script couldn't be simpler: on a remote, exotic island, a local hunter is sentenced to death by tribal elders and promises to return to exact revenge in the form of a walking, living tree!! And so, for two-thirds of the runtime, an actor dressed in a plaster tree costume walks around with an incredibly pissed-off look on his face (probably wondering why I, the asshole, didn't think of a more sophisticated way to get revenge than swaying and sweating in this horror), kills an Indian here and there, and kidnaps a voluptuous bimbo, who at best gets thrown into a swamp. All this with the assistance of a local cell of scientists who, rifle in hand, are trying to help the Indians get rid of the intruder. The incredible stupidity of the whole film, as well as the setting of the tropical forest, are fine, so if you're equipped with the necessary amount of cynicism, you're guaranteed to have fun. The fact that everything is meant to be deadly serious adds to its hilarity. (13.12.2012)

The American movie From Hell It Came is just a 50s B-movie and is thus very stupid and naive in places, and due to its simplicity and naivety, it can be quite charming. It is a straightforward movie some people find funny, although certainly not in any good way. It is obvious why despite the fact it is clearly a B-movie by today’s standards, the movie’s makers were still going for the classification as a science-fiction horror movie. (29.07.2020)