George Taylor I've seen a lot of bad movies. Especially anything shown on the Syfy(less) channel from 2000-2010 and beyond. This, as bad as it is, its certainly better than those - but not by much. Basically it's a walking tree that kills people. Yes, you read that right. A WALKING TREE that KILLS PEOPLE. And the only channel that shows it, is Turner Classics. Kind of lie to call this a classic. And I can't believe that with all the great movies yet to be saved on Blu Ray, that this silly snoozefest has been given that honor. Needs to be seen once and then never again. Unless it's on opposite anything on the SYFY channel that isn't the Expanse. Then watch it twice.

ksf-2 Doctors have landed on "the south sea island", to help the natives with illness, but the local witch doctor doesn't appreciate the interference. and of course, there is the witch doctor's love triangle issue. one of the native villagers DOES co-operate with the medical doctors, and it doesn't go well for him. Now there is a walking tree stump (!) walking the island, knocking people off one by one. it's quite amusing... it walks so slowly, a child could easily outrun (out-walk) it, and yet it's still killing people. Stars Tod Andrews, Tina Carver, and Linda Watkins. It's all pretty silly, but plays well enough. It's rated 3.5, after only 900 votes on imdb, but it's really not so bad. There are so many worse horror films rated higher than this! it's all played a little tongue in cheek. Not so bad. Shows on Turner Classics now and then. This appears to be one of only THREE films that Dan Milner directed... looks like he spent most of his career editing films. The script is a bit silly, and some of the acting is cheesy, but its all in good fun.

Bruce Wilner I remember this inane movie from the "Creature Features" that used to air from 8:30 to 10:00, Saturday night, in NYC in the 1970s (whether on channel 9 or channel 11 I can't recall, though "Chiller" had better movies than "Creature Features").Even though my bedtime was nine--I was about eight--my folks would let me stay up till ten on Saturday to watch this foolishness.The creature, who looked like a walking tree with a wizened, exaggerated face, was called a TOBBONGA or a TOBOGGAN or something. There was a knife sticking out of its heart. He had been sacrificed--or executed--for some reason (I think he was framed by "the bad guy") and was then buried standing upright in a hollow tree trunk. The witch doctor is the bad guy's descendant. He wears a crown made of, like, long, sharp bones--maybe the tusks of warthogs (which, as I recall, do NOT live on South Pacific islands, but, rather, on the southern African veldt). The toboggan throws him down the mountainside after knocking off his hat, and he gets impaled on the spiky bones.At the end, our heroes kill the rampaging toboggan by shooting at the protruding knife and driving it further into the creature's "heart." And they didn't even get to ride the toboggan . . .

Wizard-8 Apparently this particular 1950s sci-fi monster movie has managed to generate a sizeable cult over the decades, seeing that (believe it or not) it got a release on Blu-ray earlier this year. But I am not really sure why that cult managed to get generated in the first place, though I must confess that 1950s sci-fi monster movies are not really my thing. Still, I will confess that there is some entertainment to be found. The rubber killer tree suit is quite charming to the eye, certainly looking better than many modern day CGI monsters. And there are a few unintended laughs here and there, from the tropical island looking remarkably like southern California to the comic relief English lady, whose comic relief is so overdone that it becomes amusing in a way that wasn't intended. But I thought that the movie was somewhat lacking enough spark. Even though the movie is only 71 minutes long, it really feels stretched out and padded; the monster does not start its rampage until over 65% or so of the movie has passed! The movie is so leisurely - even to a degree with the monster scenes - that it doesn't excite or unintentionally amuse the audience enough. It could have been a lot worse, I admit, but it will somewhat try your patience at times.