AT LAST! I searched high and low for a link to this wonderfully bad movie, and now here it is in all its glory, albeit with French subtitles! This is a tale of murder and retribution in the South Sea islands...the young native prince Kimo is framed for the death of his father the Chief by the evil witch doctor Tano, the 'prime minister' Maranka and Kimo's own wife Korey, who is having it off with one or both of them. Before Kimo dies, he swears to return and avenge the wrongs done to him, and this he does...AS A TREE! Talk about Kimo-therapy! This murderous wooden stump (complete with a ludicrous 'face' on the front of his trunk) lurches around the countryside chasing and killing the evildoers at a snails pace, while a bunch of white scientists try to figure out a way of capturing him. First they try to save it, then they try to kill it...bloody Yanks! However, one of them (the girl doctor obviously) looks great in a bikini, so bear with it. There is also an 'Australian' widow named Mrs. Kilgore, who seems to be played by a Dora Bryan impersonator. The tree is called TABANGA, and is apparently an evil spirit...he is also the least wooden actor in this astonishing production! Luckily for him, the natives are incapable of running or even walking briskly, thus affording him the chance to finish them off by squashing them against another tree or convenient boulder. Seems like I'm not the only one with a deadly trunk! The monster was designed by Paul Blaisdell, the same man who created 'Beulah' the Venusian cucumber alien in IT CONQUERED THE WORLD. Inside the Tabanga suit is professional wrestler Chester Hayes, who also plays the native Maku...I hope he got two paychecks for this. One of the finest crap movies ever, and well worth a look! More marvellous monster mayhem from Sneaky Elephant SOON!
WARNING! I nearly didn't include this movie as it takes a bit of commitment to actually get the link working, but as it is my VERY FAVOURITE MONSTER FILM OF ALL, here it is! Firstly, you will need the Div-X codec player in order to watch it. ON NO ACCOUNT must you download ANYTHING from the site showing the film itself. Instead, go to www.divx.com/ and download the viewer software and install it. Then, click on the link for the film and when it asks you to 'prove that you are human' click on the next link. You will then see the player screen. Click on the 'start' arrow and the film will begin. I repeat...DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY CODEC OR PLAYER from the movie site itself as those links are just crammed with trojans and spyware. Anyway. the genuine Div-X player is well worth having, as there are many great films using this format on various movie sites.
I hope you make the effort to watch and enjoy this wonderful film...it's the very epitome of the term HORROR, and that's just the ACTING!
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