The Big Picture: Schlocktober 2013: From Hell it Came

[Darth Sea Bass]

And to think those innocent summers i spent as a child i was so close to death from rolling down a hill. *Shudders*

 

[Mahoshonen]

How did this movie not make it on to the MST3K lineup.
Maybe It's just too painful.

Considering that the other movies they riffed include:
-Robot Monster
-King Dinosaur
-Castle of Fu Manchu
-Monster A-Go-Go
-"Manos" The Hands of Fate
-Eeagh!
-The Creeping Terror
-Red Zone Cuba
-Invasion of the Neptune Men

It would have to be really, really painful

 

[Brian Tams]

What's that tree stump of a monster gonna do, give people killer splinters?!?!

 

[PunkRex]

OOOOOOOH DEAR GAWD! Men grab your rifles, ladies look away lest you pass out!

Side note, actually a rock.

 

[ritchards]

I'm guessing Tod Andrews came from the same school of acting as John Agar...

 

[Aardvaarkman]

Oh, curse this misfortune, to fall in love with a beautiful, dedicated female scientist!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go and deal with an outbreak of the crab monsters...

 

[Darth_Payn]

Wow that costume is pretty stiff! *drum roll*

He's stiff because his bark is worse than his bite.

One of the most wooden performances I've ever seen.

As a side note, I find it odd Bob yammered on about race and politics in this video after complaining about political messages in movies in his last Intermission post, reviewing The Fifth Estate.

 

[Callate]

So our monster is a tree stump that spends most of the picture carrying people around and dropping them while the brass section does its thing?

...Can't imagine why this didn't work!

 

[LysanderNemoinis]

Wow that costume is pretty stiff! *drum roll*

He's stiff because his bark is worse than his bite.

One of the most wooden performances I've ever seen.

As a side note, I find it odd Bob yammered on about race and politics in this video after complaining about political messages in movies in his last Intermission post, reviewing The Fifth Estate.

Well, that's his thing. When he talks about politics, or movies talk about politics that he agrees with, then it's okay. But if something's political he doesn't like, he'll say either the movie's too heavy-handed, that while he thinks a work should be taken separately from its politics he certainly doesn't, or he'll just say the movie isn't good when if everything else was kept the same aside from said politics, he'd call it one of the best movies he'd ever seen.

 

[LadyRhian]

Ugh. That was just painful to watch. I'd say more, but I am still shuddering in horror- at the movie, not the monster.

 

[Hutzpah Chicken]

I've heard of this movie before, either through James Rolfe or Svengoolie. Being men of 1950's movie science, wouldn't they first think that the monster is an evil tree and that wood is combustible? Who would think to shoot a knife in a tree before burning it?

 

[Kenjitsuka]

Lol, it's primary mode of killing is.... carrying, then dropping people?!!!
Awesome!

CAPTCHA: "Winning". Indeed, CAPTCHA, indeed!!!!

 

[scw55]

Does looks creepy. And the hilarious walking style would have actually disturbed me when I was a child.

Might have haunted my childhood instead of this coobyyamelord:

(The right one)

 

[ewhac]

How did this movie not make it on to the MST3K lineup.
Maybe It's just too painful.

Considering that the other movies they riffed include:
-Robot Monster
-King Dinosaur
-Castle of Fu Manchu
-Monster A-Go-Go
-"Manos" The Hands of Fate
-Eeagh!
-The Creeping Terror
-Red Zone Cuba
-Invasion of the Neptune Men

It would have to be really, really painful

It's not a question of pain (Castle of Fu Manchu and Red Zone Cuba proves they could endure pain). It's a question of whether the writers can get in sync with the movie and produce 90 minutes of hilarious riffs. And apparently they didn't feel that way about From Hell It Came.

It certainly does look like a Bert I. Gordon film and sounds like an Albert Glasser soundtrack...

 

[Evil Smurf]

The Australian **** PM talks just like the scientists in this film. Great episode Bob, Schlocktober is my favourite time.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Wow. It's essentially Attack of the Killer Tree Stump. Scary... ¬__¬ Seriously they could've just walked up and kicked the thing over.

 

[Mr. Q]

How did this movie not make it on to the MST3K lineup.
Maybe It's just too painful.

Considering that the other movies they riffed include:
-Robot Monster
-King Dinosaur
-Castle of Fu Manchu
-Monster A-Go-Go
-"Manos" The Hands of Fate
-Eeagh!
-The Creeping Terror
-Red Zone Cuba
-Invasion of the Neptune Men

It would have to be really, really painful

You forgot Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. That one is pretty painful, even after a remixed version from Cinematic Titanic.

 

[LiMaSaRe]

Moviebob: "The natives meet whites and don't immediately hate them all? So insufferably racist."

 

[Mr. Q]

Good lord, I'm surprised John Agar isn't head of the pompous, racist, American douche-bag science squad in this movie. OK, Agar wasn't racist in movies like Revenge of the Creature and The Mole People but he was a total ass in those films.

Great to see you dipping into the 1950s monster movies from the U.S. shores, Bob, and thanks for informing us about creature FX designer Paul Blaisdell. Nice to know the man behind this movie's monster was also responsible for creating the space pickle that ate Beverly Garland in It Conquered the World. Hope you'll cover the Philippine movies down the road like Brides of Blood in a future episode.

Seeing this movie makes me long for a good monster movie. I'm getting sick of the CGI ones being churned out by The Asylum that have the creativity of a 2x4. Hell, Full Moon in its heyday made some good monster movies like Seed People and Mandroid. Am I asking for too much, in this day and age, for a good old fashioned guy in a monster suit type of movie?