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Post by ant-mac on Oct 30, 2018 11:40:04 GMT
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) 4/5.
A very good American black-and-white horror film from Universal Pictures. The screenplay was by Harry Essex and Arthur A Ross, based upon the story by Maurice Zimm. The music was provided by Henry Mancini, Hans J Salter and Herman Stein, it was produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold.
The plot concerns a geology expedition in the Amazon searching for a piscine amphibious humanoid, after they uncover fossilized evidence from the Devonian period that provides a direct link between land animals and sea animals.
The film stars Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell, Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning. A surprisingly enjoyable and well-made B film. Well worth the effort to see at least once.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 31, 2018 18:08:57 GMT
8/10. There was a remake in the works for years. But I think the stupid Dark Universe fiasco killed it.
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Post by ant-mac on Oct 31, 2018 18:43:39 GMT
8/10. There was a remake in the works for years. But I think the stupid Dark Universe fiasco killed it. Perhaps we should be grateful...
No matter how hard I try, I just can't see them doing justice to films that were made before many of us were born.
I'll take the black and white versions over the CGI versions, morning, noon and night.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Nov 4, 2018 0:28:10 GMT
I like this film. The Crature looks great.
I may have mentioned the before but I always get feeling of Frankenstein (1931) from this film.
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Post by ant-mac on Nov 4, 2018 1:00:01 GMT
I like this film. The Crature looks great. I may have mentioned the before but I always get feeling of Frankenstein (1931) from this film. FRANKENSTEIN (1931) is unbelievably good.
I've never seen another version of it come close to doing that version justice.
A further remake would simply be a waste of time and money.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 12, 2018 6:19:22 GMT
6/10 - Solid classic horror.
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Post by ant-mac on Nov 12, 2018 13:00:09 GMT
It's definitely a lot more enjoyable than many more modern efforts in the horror genre.
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