Ian (Flash Review)The story picks up some time after the original with the objective of locating and capturing the creature to use as a tourist attraction. Once again the expedition team has no fear about swimming in the waters, which adds excitement early on. Haha. Once captured, they bring it back and place it in an aquarium for display. The creature's strength and newfound lust for the human woman proves too much for the restraints; much like King Kong. And the chase to capture resumes again but in a populated area. Fun classic monster movie that is better than the original I'd say as the story had a little more meat to it.

Richie-67-485852 This poor unknown creature minding its business out in the middle of no where is harassed continuously and finally captured and brought back for our amusement. I say give him his revenge thus the title Revenge of the Creature. Remember, we go back to the 50's when everything was fresh and new and things were different. This came out in the local theater with a co-feature and probably a cartoon or news clip as well. Popcorn, candy and soda plus your date or just friends made this movie more than what it was. Today, we are minus the mood and atmosphere but can still relate to the story line of a Creature different from us being treated in ways well at least the Creature disputes. Imagine any lab rat or animal having the ability to speak and stating how what we were doing is wrong. Well in this movie, the Creature can't speak but you get his point via growls, lashing out and essentially no love for humans with one exception i.e. the female in the movie. His thinking was sound but considering he can only stay out of the water for a few minutes and she can stay underwater for no more than 45 seconds lets us safely assume there is no match here but Creatures do not know these things. It was fun seeing the Creature in this sequel, the music sound affects and wondering what will happen next. One thing that astonished me in this movie that the first didn't emphasize was the enormous strength of this Creature. You will know it when you see it making us believe that hand to hand combat is useless and suicidal for humans. This is a snack movie with a tasty drink to be sure. Sunflower seeds recommended. Enjoy what was one of the great entertainment times in the 50's right now

Scott LeBrun The deadly Gill Man returns in this sequel where a change in venue really doesn't do it any favours. It's just not quite the same without the Amazon setting; as a result, the overwhelming atmosphere and sense of mystery of the original are nowhere to be found here.That's not to say that the basic story is bad. It's a logical enough extension of the story of the original in which the Gill Man is successfully captured and brought to Florida's Ocean Harbor oceanarium. While he's on display he's subjected to various experiments (it would be pretty hard not to feel some sympathy for the poor beast) while the "beauty and the beast" theme is continued and the creature fixates on a lovely young scientist named Helen (Lori Nelson).The always likable John Agar is the lead here, and does his usual solid job. A good supporting cast includes John Bromfield as the macho Joe Hayes and Nestor Paiva, reprising his role of Lucas from the first film. Nelson is fine eye candy, even if she won't make anybody forget Julie Adams. A very young Clint Eastwood makes his first (uncredited) screen appearance as a none too bright lab assistant who misplaces a rat.The main problem with "Revenge of the Creature" is the fact that by the very nature of its tale it suffers from the Showing The Monster Too Much syndrome. Still, as mentioned, seeing what the creature is subjected to here will certainly strike a chord with the audience. You wish that humanity would have just left him the hell alone.The underwater photography is still wonderful, and there are some very effective moments, such as Agar and Nelson having a carefree swim not knowing just how close the creature is. Director Jack Arnold, also returning from "Creature from the Black Lagoon", does his usual capable job.While not in the same league as its predecessor, this is still watchable enough, if slow and talky at times. No matter what, it's always fun to see the Gill Man do his thing, so fans of the Universal-International product of the 1950s should be adequately entertained.Seven out of 10.

Hot 888 Mama . . . from my granny's original review of a CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, which appeared in the Spinal Column in the 1950s, and which I tweaked and reposted here yesterday, after viewing CFBL for the first time and finding that I agreed with her about the potential wasting of a prime tourist attraction on the part of the expedition team of the original Gill Man flick. In this first sequel, Gill Man soon is captured and turned into another roadside attraction. If I have a bone to pick with the sequel, it has to do with Florida's geography vis a vis the plot of this movie. Toward the end, when the as yet UNNAMED Gill Man (which is strange in itself, since the first things zoos do when they get a new animal is to give it a name; granny told me Gill Man looks like a Dobie Gillis-type) escapes his chains at the "oceanarium," he swims for a few minutes trailing Helen on day five of his freedom. By dark they're in Jacksonville, FL, hundreds of miles from the implied site of the oceanarium. How is it that Gill Man is so much faster than Michael Phelps? Is he on steroids or something? Plus, did the Devonian Period really just end 250,000 years ago, as one of the scientists here says early on? Obviously, if this movie were released today, the Creationists would be picketing in the street. But anytime they put my hometown on the big screen, I'm rating the flick as at least a "7," even if it is something like PIRANHA GIRLS GONE WILD 3DD.