From Hell It Came
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| Directed by | Dan Milner |
| Produced by | Jack Milner |
| Written by | Bruce Jay Friedman Jack Milner |
| Music by | Darrell Calker |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1957 |
| Running time | 71 mins. |
| Language | English |
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From Hell It Came is a 1957 horror film and science fiction film directed by Dan Milner and written by Bruce Jay Friedman and Jack Milner. It was released by Allied Artists.
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[edit] Main cast
- Tod Andrews - Dr. William Arnold
- Tina Carver - Dr. Terry Mason
- Linda Watkins - Mrs. Mae Kilgore
- John McNamara - Prof. Clark
[edit] Plot
A South Seas island prince is wrongly convicted of murder and executed by having a knife driven into his heart. The prince is buried in a hollow tree trunk and forgotten about until nuclear radiation reanimates it in the form of the tobonga, a scowling tree stump. The monster escapes from the laboratory and murders several people, including the true murderer (the witch doctor, whom the tobonga pushes down a hill and is impaled on his own crown of shark teeth). The creature cannot be stopped, burned, or trapped. Only when a crack rifle shot drives the knife (which still protrudes from the creature's chest) all the way through its heart does it finally die and sink into the swamp. A pair of American scientists save the day.
[edit] Trivia
- Inspired one of the most infamous movie reviews of all time: "And to hell it can go!"
