{"id":49687,"date":"2020-08-07T21:57:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T04:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49687"},"modified":"2021-01-23T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T21:35:27","slug":"revenge-of-the-creature-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49687","title":{"rendered":"Revenge of the Creature (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Here at Ocean City it will live &#8212; if it lives at all &#8212; and become the object of scientific study.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Poster-176x270.jpg 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Poster.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter being captured and put into a Floridian marine park, the Gill-Man (Tom Hennesy and Ricou Browning) is observed by a psychologist (John Agar) and an ichtyology student (Lori Nelson) who meanwhile are falling in love; but when the Gill-Man escapes from his chains, Nelson&#8217;s life is in immediate danger.\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>John Agar Films<\/li>\n<li>Mutant Monsters<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Scientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis sequel to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16897\"><em>The Creature From the Black Lagoon<\/em> (1954)<\/a> &#8212; the second in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Creature_Walks_Among_Us\">a trilogy<\/a> &#8212; primarily succeeds in showing off some nifty underwater photography as well as the new-ish spectacle of marine parks (key portions of the film were shot at Florida&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marineland_of_Florida\">Marineland<\/a>). Poor &#8220;Gill-Man&#8221; &#8212; happily existing on his own in the Black Lagoon before his capture &#8212; is treated terribly, poked and prodded and put on display as a tourist attraction while being studied like the specimen he&#8217;s become (echoes of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43687\"><em>King Kong<\/em><\/a> are once again strongly present); it&#8217;s no wonder he gets pissed off and wants more for himself. Meanwhile, the dialogue between Agar and Nelson (repeatedly objectified as that &#8220;pretty young student&#8221;) is enjoyably laughable at times: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Nelson:<\/strong> &#8220;You&#8217;re not at all like I expected.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>Agar <em>(smiling)<\/em>:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m glad I disappointed you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nelson: <em>(to Agar)<\/em><\/strong> &#8220;You know, sometimes I wonder how I got started in all this. Science, fish, icthyology&#8230; Where will it all lead me?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With that said, the entire affair is once again solidly directed by Jack Arnold, who knows how to build tension, especially during the final kidnap and chase sequences. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective cinematography (both on-land and in-water)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography3-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography3-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography3-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography3-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography3-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography3-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography3.png 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Revenge-of-the-Creature-Cinematography.png 1472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one unless you&#8217;re especially enamored by this series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048554\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/revenge-of-the-creature-1955.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1955\/05\/14\/archives\/gill-is-loose-again.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1426gill.html\">DVD Savant Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=11205&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/88127\/revenge-of-the-creature#articles-reviews?articleId=1311640\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Here at Ocean City it will live &#8212; if it lives at all &#8212; and become the object of scientific study.&#8221; Synopsis: After being captured and put into a Floridian marine park, the Gill-Man (Tom Hennesy and Ricou Browning) is observed by a psychologist (John Agar) and an ichtyology student (Lori Nelson) who meanwhile are falling in love; but when the Gill-Man escapes from his chains, Nelson&#8217;s life is in immediate danger. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Jack Arnold Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=49687\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49687","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=49687"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65368,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49687\/revisions\/65368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}