Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 horror monster movie directed by Jack Arnold.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Both Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning did a fantastic job playing Gilman. Ben Chapman played him on land and Ricou Browning played him underwater.
 * 2) Gilman's costume looks really creepy, cool, and well-created.
 * 3) The cinematography was excellent, especially the underwater portions, which was pretty innovative for its time.
 * 4) Great soundtrack.
 * 5) The film helped further popularize cliches that were already present at the time, such as a bunch of explorers finding and disturbing a creature, and the creature falling in love with a girl whom he has no business with.

Reception
Creature from the Black Lagoon has a 84% critic rating and a 73% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 3.5/5 on Letterboxd, and a 7/10 on the International Movie Database (IMDB).

Trivia

 * It is often considered the last of the Universal Monster Cycle, and the only one not released in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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