Creature from the Black Lagoon Movie Review

An anthropological expedition in the Amazon stumbles upon the Gill-Man, a prehistoric humanoid fish monster who supposedly represents a “missing link” between humans and…well, fish. The scaled nasty takes a fancy to the fetching Julie Adams, a coed majoring in “science” (she has brains as well as beauty!), but the menfolk get all riled up (and occasionally bumped off by the monster). Originally filmed in 3-D, this was one of the first movies to sport top-of-the-line underwater photography and remains one of the most enjoyable monster movies ever made. The Gill-Man, at once both utterly alien and strangely sympathetic, is an extraordinary creation. Joseph Gershenson's score became a “Creature Features” standard. Based on a story by Maurice Zimm, the film spawned two sequels: Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among Us.

1954 79m/B Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Whit Bissell, Nestor Paiva, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman; D: Jack Arnold; W: Harry Essex, Arthur Ross; C: William E. Snyder; M: Hans J. Salter, Joseph Gershenson, Henry Mancini. VHS, Beta, LV MCA, GKK