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Creature From The Black Lagoon
1954
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno |
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| Director | Jack Arnold |
| Genres | Horror |
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Creature From The Black Lagoon
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.
| Starring | Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno |
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| Director | Jack Arnold |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 19 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 14 Oct 2002 Production year: 1954 |
| Format | DVD |
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Larger than life children's animated adventure, with Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, and Hugh Laurie providing voices. read more »
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Average movie, great extras.
'Creature from the Black Lagoon' is an average 50's monster flick that largely relies on the design of the monster. While it might've been successful 50 years ago, in these CGI times it's almost quaint. For fans of the genre only.
The DVD is excellent, first and foremost is the commentary from Tom Weaver, which races and 100 miles an hour with facts, trivia and anecdotes; quite simply it's the best commentary from a film historian there is. The documentary 'Black to Black Lagoon' is almost as good, it looks at the design of the monster, the impact of the initial movie and it's sequels, with interviews with some of the cast and crew (including the monster). -
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Average movie, great extras.
'Creature from the Black Lagoon' is an average 50's monster flick that largely relies on the design of the monster. While it might've been successful 50 years ago, in these CGI times it's almost quaint. For fans of the genre only.
The DVD is excellent, first and foremost is the commentary from Tom Weaver, which races and 100 miles an hour with facts, trivia and anecdotes; quite simply it's the best commentary from a film historian there is. The documentary 'Black to Black Lagoon' is almost as good, it looks at the design of the monster, the impact of the initial movie and it's sequels, with interviews with some of the cast and crew (including the monster). -
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Creature From The Black Lagoon
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 ...
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