Creature from the Black Lagoon
Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film from Universal-International. The Creature, also known as the Gill-man, is usually counted among the classic Universal Monsters. The film generated two sequels: Revenge of the Creature, which was also filmed and released in 3D in hopes of reviving the format, and The Creature Walks Among Us.
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Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film from Universal-International. The Creature, also known as the Gill-man, is usually counted among the classic Universal Monsters. The film generated two sequels: Revenge of the Creature, which was also filmed and released in 3D in hopes of reviving the format, and The Creature Walks Among Us, filmed in 2D. For marketing reasons, a comedic appearance with Abbott and Costello on an episode of The Colgate Comedy Hour aired prior to the film’s release. It was filmed in three dimensions and originally projected by the polarized-light method. The audience wore viewers with gray polarizing filters, similar to the viewers most commonly used today. The film premiered in Detroit on February 12 and was released on a regional basis, opening on various dates. It is now considered one of the best-known horror films of all time, along with The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, and Jekyll and Hyde. It has been released on Blu-ray, DVD, Blu-Ray Disc, and DVD in the U.S. and in the UK, with the DVD version being released in the United States on November 14, 2013. The DVD release was the first time the film was released in a 3D format; it was also used for a 1980 home video release on Beta and VHS videocassettes. The movie was released to theaters on February 11, 1954, and was directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell.
The original version was released by Universal on February 10, 1954. The sequel, released on February 14, was released a few weeks later by Universal. It starred Ben Chapman on land and Ricou Browning under water. The sequels were released on November 13, 2013, and November 15, 2014, and October 14, 2014. The third and fourth sequels have not been released, but the fifth and sixth were released in 2014 and 2015. The fourth and fifth sequels are expected to be released in 2015 and 2015, and the sixth and seventh in 2016. The fifth and seventh sequels will be released on October 26, 2015 and October 27, 2015, respectively. The last sequel, The Creature of the Red Lagoon, is released on December 14, 2015. It will be the 50th anniversary of the release of the first film, and will be celebrating its 50th birthday with a live-action version. The first two sequels will also be released that same year, as well as a special edition of the second film, entitled “The Creature of The Red Lagoons” The film is about a geology expedition in the Amazon. A piscine amphibious humanoid, a living member of the same species from which the fossil originated, becomes curious about the expedition’s camp. The expedition leader Dr. Carl Maia orders his two assistants to stay in camp while he visits the marine biology institute. When its sudden appearance frightens the assistants, they panic and attack, and in response, the enraged Creature kills them both.
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