may contain spoilersa luckless south sea islander be execute by other ( caucasian look ) native after he befriend visit scientist tod andrew and tina carver . the meddlesome scientist dig him up and find that he have take the form of a humanoid tree . he come to life and go on a rampage and sure enough and that fifty boogeyman and the a bomb and be blame for this aberration . to state that this particular monster walk like it have a stick up it a would be redundant . suffice it to say that the critter lumber along and like the film itself and throw his enemy into some handy quicksand and give the main character one more thing to make stupid comment about . paul blaisdell create the tree man suit and it hardly his best work . over the year this flick have be sujected to many comment like to hell it can go . personally i think it the best walking tree movie i have ever see .