leplatypus I was 8 years old when this french Icon put this movie in his weekly show, La Derniere Seance with the fabulous innovation of 3D glasses: the family had to buy a special magazine to have them blue and red with drawings of the creature and i think it's the 1st and last time i saw a 3D movie on national TV! Last night, when i watched it again, on strict BW, i wonder if i have ever watched it for real in 1982 because i didn't remember anything! Maybe the fossilized hand, the harpoon but except that, it was a complete black ... hole! The movie has a interesting beginning with Bible and Darwin meeting peacefully for one time! Overall, the movie is good with feelings of Spielberg movies like Jurassic Park but also Jaws! I was also thinking to the die hard fan, Arthur Adams: the main actress has the same name and the boat calls Rita! I was a bit disappointed to see that the creature has no really motives except to be disturbed or maybe in love (the mother protecting eggs was Star Trek) and a bit sad that the human attitude is to kill the other different. But the production and cast was very decent: honestly i don't find that this old and unknown (for me) cast of yesterday lacks of talent compared to today! So it's a good lesson to understand that we are actually brainwashed to believe in incredible performances that are really just flat, plain ordinary: in other words, we are sold pees as nuggets gold and watching those old classics keeps intact our love of true cinema. Back to Eddy thus!

Ian (Flash Review)A great classic piece of 50's monster fright. Scientists searching for fossils encounter a gilled man beast. A debate ensues whether to take it alive to study it in the name of science or to kill it….only because it has been terrorizing and killing them. Ha. The costume is great and obviously fake in a charming way and there are lots of underwater scenes (innovative for the time?). There was a really tense scene of the monster following an unaware female swimming in the lagoon. Several unsurprising cheesy scenes but it was good fun nonetheless. Overall, the film felt a little thin.

alexanderdavies-99382 "Creature from the Black Lagoon" contains the last of the classic monster characters by "Universal" or "Universal International" as they were then known. There are some genuinely tense moments in this film. Picture yourself enjoying a leisurely swim somewhere but you are unaware of a large, fish- like creature that is swimming right underneath you! That is nearly as frightening a prospect as having a shark in close proximity.... "Creature from the Black Lagoon" made a smart decision in keeping the plot a streamlined one. There are no irritating subplots, just the story of a party of people who are being menaced by the monster character of the Gill Man. The following facts come as no surprise: That the film was a box office success and that two sequels followed. The other two films are worth watching but this opening one is vastly superior.

skybrick736 Creature from the Black Lagoon, the last great classic monster film produced by Universal films. Set in Brazil, the filming locations were really well done, making the area look like it could actually be the amazon. The creature itself is what makes the film so special. The monster suit, dead fish eyes, and underwater movement of the creature is fantastically well done. The swimming scenes are absolutely incredible and life like, especially when it ducks in the weeds and stares at its prey. It's a behavior that is completely realistic for what the viewer sees as a primitive creature. The story itself is rather simple and the film goes by quite fast. The lead actress, Julie Adams also was a bright spot in the film, having great screen talent and an incredible body to say the least. The film lacks in originality having the typical beauty and the beast theme but it still manages to entertain as a film from the 1950's, a time period not necessarily known for great horror films. Check out Creature from the Black Lagoon, certainly worth the watch if you can sit through a black and white classic.