"Monster from Green Hell" contains stock footage from the 1939 film "Stanley and Livingstone". One of the filming locations was Bronson Caves located in Griffith Park, Hollywood. The film was released in black and white with a special tinted sequence added. The special effects were done by Jack Rabin, Louis DeWitt and Irving Block, with stop-motion animation by Gene Warren. Film historian Bill Warren mentioned that he located one source that claimed Paul Blaisdell designed the giant wasp. The soundtrack score was done by Albert Glasser.