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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

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Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 22  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7/10

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Runtime: 80 mins

Synopsis: A research team digging in the Amazon comes across the fossilized hand of a human fish creature. That night, the creature emerges from the swamp to kill. So begins one of the more recognizable classics of the science fiction and horror genres. Shot originally in 3-D, this has been a late-night... A research team digging in the Amazon comes across the fossilized hand of a human fish creature. That night, the creature emerges from the swamp to kill. So begins one of the more recognizable classics of the science fiction and horror genres. Shot originally in 3-D, this has been a late-night TV hit for decades. The hand makes its way back to the oceanographic institute and soon conscientious scientist David Reed (Richard Carlson), greedy scientist Mark (Richard Cunha) and the beautiful girl they fight over, Kay (Julia Adams) are heading up the Amazon to find more fossils. Instead, of course, they run into the real thing, and terror begins. While Mark and David fight over what to do next, the creature falls in love with Kay, and makes plans of his own. Island diver Ricou Browning plays the creature in the spectacular underwater scenes, the highlight being a beautifully creepy scene of Kay going for a swim, while the smitten creature swims along below her, transfixed. The pounding, horrific score is credited to conductor Joseph Gerhsenson but was actually written by a team of composers, including Henry Mancini. [More]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva

Director: Jack Arnold
Screenwriter: Harry Essex, Arthur Ross
Producer: William Alland
Composer: Herman Stein, Hans J. Salter, Milton Rosen, Henry Mancini, Robert Emmett Dolan

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 29, 2000

[DVD Details]
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    02/22/08
    Cole Smithey
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    3/4

    Imbued with great atmosphere by director Jack Arnold, the film is genuinely frightening, but also elicits a certain amount of pathos for the creature.

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    09/26/07
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    The underwater sequences were excellently shot by Havens, and the make-up for the half man, half fish was a masterful creation by Bud Westmore and Jack Keven.

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    09/26/07
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    Jack Arnold has a flair for this sort of thing, and if there really is anything frightening about a man dressed up in a rubber suit with zippers where the gills ought to be, Arnold comes close to finding it.

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    09/26/07
    Dave Kehr
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    2/5

    This adventure has no depth.

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    A.H. Weiler
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    The routine story is mightily improved by Arnold's sure sense of atmospheric locations and by the often sympathetic portrait of the monster.

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    Geoff Andrew
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    Jeffrey Westhoff
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    Emanuel Levy
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    3.5/4

    Very neat

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    Jon Niccum
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    11/12/04
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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    As directed by Jack Arnold, the film suffers from silly stretches of dialogue and wooden acting, but the underwater footage is still beautiful, and Adams radiates a strong, sexy screen presence.

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    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    Mark Palermo
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    12/09/03
    Rebecca Murray
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    4/5

    Creepy underwater horror flick. Ahead of its time.

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    11/05/03
    Alex Sandell
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    Incluindo um curioso subtexto ecológico, o filme envelheceu bem: pode até não assustar como na época de seu lançamento, mas continua interessante.

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    07/28/03
    Pablo Villaca
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    Great monster suit. Not much of a movie

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    08/07/02
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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    One of the best of the 1950's creature features. (By a long shot.)

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    07/26/02
    Scott Weinberg
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    Tremendous chilling fun, whether in 3-D or no. And Julia Adams is still hot in that swimsuit.

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    07/26/02
    Rob Vaux
    Flipside Movie Emporium
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    Its solitary aim was to exploit the viewer's fear of the unknown.

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    11/30/01
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