Creature from the Black Lagoon
A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to determine if the find is an anomaly or evidence of an undiscovered beast. But the terrain is nothing compared to the danger posed by an otherworldly being that endangers their work and their lives.
21 January 1917, Los Angeles, California, USA
23 November 1930, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
27 March 1914, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
22 July 1929, New York City, New York, USA
30 June 1905, Fresno, California, USA
17 October 1926, Waterloo, Iowa, USA
25 October 1909, New York City, New York, USA
24 August 1904, New York City, New York, USA
26 September 1887, Madrid, Spain
5 December 1915, Los Angeles, California, USA
June 27, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
29 April 1912, Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA
October 11, 2012
What distinguished Jack Arnold's pictures from mutant spinoffs/knockoffs is even more imperative to sci-fi today than it was in 1954: wonderment.
September 26, 2007
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.
October 31, 2006
This adventure has no depth.
December 11, 2016
The whole thing is ultimately just a '50s B-movie, but it's hard to imagine what they could have done to make it a better one.
September 26, 2007
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.
September 18, 2014
When I was a kid, this was the movie monster I wanted to be.
February 09, 2006
The routine story is mightily improved by Arnold's sure sense of atmospheric locations and by the often sympathetic portrait of the monster.
September 26, 2007
Imbued with great atmosphere by director Jack Arnold, the film is genuinely frightening, but also elicits a certain amount of pathos for the creature.
November 16, 2014
It makes for solid horror-thrill entertainment.
July 08, 2005
Very neat
