Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
A scientific expedition traveling up the Amazon River encounter a dangerous humanoid amphibious fish creature. (imdb)
Genres: Sci-fi, Adventure, Horror
Country: USA
Directed By: Jack Arnold
Written By: William Alland, Harry Essex, Arthur A. Ross, Maurice Zimm
Starring: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell, Bernie Gozier, Henry A. Escalante
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I've never been a huge fan of the Universal Monster movies- they just don't do a whole lot for me. This one is no exception, but of the few I've seen so far it's probably the best. The creature looks really good for the time & is the big highlight, but the performances aren't bad & the story moves along nicely. Julie Adams just kind of stands there and gets kidnapped or goes swimming, but otherwise her character is handled rather well for the era. A serviceable classic creature feature.
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| Apr 26, 2020 | lance20000 | 40 14% |
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Creature from the Black Lagoon is the least interesting Universal monster movie I've seen. Granted, I haven't seen them all, but I've seen most of the big hitters. I get too many shades of crappy b-movie monster movies: the limited filming location, the lack of tension throughout the movie - at least they could restrain themselves from showing the rubber costume until the 30-minute mark, the unbelievable characters. On an unrelated note, have you ever noticed that most monsters are heterosexual?
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Swim wear in the 50's was so gay.
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Charming old-school with iconic monster and fantastic underwater scenes. I also want to praise the script that dares to think new: man is the antagonist and the monster more like a victim of man's greed. With the exception of some dated elements, this is a movie that holds surprisingly well even today. A personal favorite of the really old monster movies. Gill-man for the win!
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They had access to an underwater camera and a good fishman costume, and by God did they ever put those things to work. I can absolutely see a young Guillermo Del Toro watching this movie and going "You know, killer fishmen deserve a proper shot at love too."
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| Oct 02, 2019 | ensar | 72 57% |
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Great theater experience with a responsive audience. Shockingly beautiful in (polarized!) 3D, not only adding depth to scenery and shape to solid objects but also a hyperreality to water, smoke, and the play of light in general. Silly subject matter with some uncomfortable racial undertones but what a far cry from the meager gimmick that 3D is 9 times out of 10.
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I don't really seem to have the problems with this as a lot of other people on here do. It's not incredibly deep but there is a line about how we should just leave shit alone in there and although it doesn't explicitly make it sympathetic, I think if you read between the lines it is. But whatever, it's a fun and atmospheric monster movie with great underwater scenes and scary music for the creature. Can be a little tense at times. I really love this.
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Back when if you needed to have someone move under water you couldn't just CGI Khal Drogo's hair to make him look submerged, you needed a fully functioning rubber suit. Granted when he's gasping for air he looks like a green mouth breathing Eli Manning, but that doesn't diminish the fact that it's a great rubber suit. When Julie Adams goes lantern to face on that thing's bulbous head stuff gets crazy quick!
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Fish-man kills a half dozen people and kidnaps a girl. Brave men fight him off, but decide to let him live for the sequels. It's barely an hour long and isn't very good and shouldn't be as famous as it is.
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Not necessarily bad, just boring. The creature looks silly and acts silly, and there isn't much tension due to the crummy editing. Julia Adams is distractingly beautiful, for better or for worse.
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jbyn | 60 21% |
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I was impressed with the quantity and quality of the underwater shots. The reason I wanted to watch this film is because I heard it inspired a lot of special effect artists, and I can see why. Despite being created in the 50's, the special effects look better than the more current Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. There was a lot of alpha male battling going on that I found humorous. Though the film teetered on being boring sometimes, I still enjoyed it quite a bit. I think Jaws was heavily insp
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Star Rating: ★★★★
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Yep, this is a dumb monster movie with all that you would expect from one of those. A scream queen whom the creature falls in love with (Ew!), people making stupid decisions in the name of dubious science and a frankly pathetic rubber suit. Way too many boring underwater shots; maybe they would have looked better in 3D, but probably not. The most remarkable thing about this is that they kept talking about aliens, making me think that the director really wanted to do a movie about those instead.
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