{"id":16897,"date":"2011-04-27T09:48:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T16:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16897"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T23:10:17","slug":"creature-from-the-black-lagoon-1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16897","title":{"rendered":"Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There are many strange legends in the Amazon.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-Black-Lagoon-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-Black-Lagoon-Poster-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-Black-Lagoon-Poster-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-Black-Lagoon-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-Black-Lagoon-Poster-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-Black-Lagoon-Poster.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA team of researchers traveling on the Amazon River encounter a mysterious humanoid fish, which clearly has designs on the crew&#8217;s sexy female scientist (Julie Adams).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jack Arnold Films<\/li>\n<li>Julie Adams Films<\/li>\n<li>Mutant Monsters<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Scientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that while this &#8220;popular science-fiction film&#8221; &#8212; with clear thematic parallels to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43687\">King Kong<\/a> &#8212; is &#8220;somewhat overrated&#8221;, it&#8217;s &#8220;still one of the fifties&#8217; best entries in the genre&#8221;. He notes that it&#8217;s &#8220;skillfully directed by Jack Arnold&#8221;, features &#8220;solid acting&#8221;, and possesses &#8220;a consistently eerie atmosphere, suspense, and a first-rate monster&#8221; (at least for the time in which it was made &#8212; though having just rewatched <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16783\"><em>Alien<\/em><\/a>, it&#8217;s difficult to argue that the Gill Man is still TRULY frightening to modern audiences). Peary notes that &#8220;more than any other fifties science-fiction film, the emphasis is on sex&#8221;, given that Adams &#8212; a truly stunning B-movie actress, eerily reminiscent of Jennifer Connelly &#8212; &#8220;always wears revealing shorts or swimsuits&#8221;, and &#8220;in the sensuous, spooky underwater scene it&#8217;s obvious what&#8217;s on the creature&#8217;s mind&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2-1024x544.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2-1536x815.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2-509x270.png 509w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams2.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater-1536x824.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater-503x270.png 503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Underwater.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the storyline is ultimately too basic to entice me into multiple viewings (it&#8217;s essentially an extended cat-and-mouse encounter between the Gill Man and the crew, all taking place within limited confines), it&#8217;s all done so well that this remains a seminal &#8220;creature feature&#8221; of its era &#8212; one all film fanatics should at least be familiar with. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography-1536x830.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Cinematography.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Julie Adams as Kay Lawrence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9-1536x833.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Adams9.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reasonably effective (for the time) monster make-up<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2-1536x831.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2-499x270.png 499w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Creature-From-the-Black-Lagoon-Special-Effects2.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as one of the seminal &#8217;50s sci-fi &#8220;monster&#8221; flicks. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046876\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1954\/05\/01\/archives\/at-the-paramount.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1426gill.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/creature.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/classic-horror.com\/reviews\/creature_from_the_black_lagoon_1954\">Classic Horror Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moria.co.nz\/sciencefiction\/creaturefromtheblacklagoon1954.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/71745\/creature-from-the-black-lagoon#articles-reviews?articleId=18612\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2FMhts-KOCE\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There are many strange legends in the Amazon.&#8221; Synopsis: A team of researchers traveling on the Amazon River encounter a mysterious humanoid fish, which clearly has designs on the crew&#8217;s sexy female scientist (Julie Adams). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Jack Arnold Films Julie Adams Films Mutant Monsters Science Fiction Scientists Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary argues that while this &#8220;popular science-fiction film&#8221; &#8212; with clear thematic parallels to King Kong &#8212; is &#8220;somewhat overrated&#8221;, it&#8217;s &#8220;still one of the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16897\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16897"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73000,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16897\/revisions\/73000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}