Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304913550 Format: Color ISBN: 6304913559 Label: Englewood Entertainment Manufacturer: Englewood Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Englewood Entertainment Release Date: 1998-02-20 Running Time: 71 Studio: Englewood Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1958-12
Customer Rating: Summary: Could have been better Comment: This film was billed as being a monster film but it realy plays out as a jungle film from the 40's.
The monster effects are adequate for a "B" film of the era but the story needs a lot of work.
If you want to see a jungle movie,this is for you.But if you are looking for a good 50's monster film,this is NOT for you! Customer Rating: Summary: Competent acting & effects don't help - it's just boring. Comment: I've always been a fan of old sci-fi flicks, even if they're corny with bad special effects, even if they're so bad they're funny, like Ed Wood films. Some of my favorites are The Monolith Monsters and Panic In Year Zero. I'm sorry to say this one is just downright boring. The acting is good, and the special effects are certainly better than some other 1950s B-movies, so there's not much to poke fun at. The idea is good in the beginning - a satellite crashes in the jungle, and a Wasp on board was exposed to radiation, making it grow giant. But most of the movie follows the scientists on their trek through the jungle to find it, and is no more than a pointless safari movie, like those old black and white Buster Crabbe films. They finally do get to some monster fighting, but by that time it's hard to keep paying attention. I'll give'em two stars mainly for effort. Customer Rating: Summary: Missing Color Footage on DVD Comment: I agree with everything the other reviewers have said about this film, but they have failed to mention that the color climax footage included in the film's original theatrical release is in black and white on the DVD while the VHS version does include it. Customer Rating: Summary: HUGE wasps. Comment: This movie is O.K. It's about some rocket full of wasps on an experiment. Then, the rocket crashes in Africa. The wasps get mutated by space radiation and grow abot 100 times their original size. Let's get to how good the movie is. The wasps rarely get shown. A dissapointment for fans of old Sci-Fi movies like me. The movie is also slow moving (so many scenes of the characters walking). It also gets of track at times. This is an O.K. 3 star flick. Customer Rating: Summary: Big Bugs Go Boom! Comment: Scientists send bugs into space. One of their bug-rockets crashes, releasing radiated wasps in (Green Hell) Africa. The wasps grow into bizzy, buzzy, slow-moving behemoths of death! Many natives are devoured before the scientists (including Jim Davis as Dr. Quent Brady) arrive to set things right. They go on a 400 mile safari, and we feel every laborious step! Thankfully, our heroes bring their secret weapon along. I'll betcha didn't know that scientists were so handy with grenades, now didja?? MFGH is a true test of endurance. Even if you like dull movies, this one will cause bed sores! Not quite as boring as THE SNOW CREATURE, but close. Check it out if you are in desperate need of sleep...
