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[Bud Brewster]

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The first of two sequels that followed the immensely popular 3-D hit "The Creature from the Black Lagoon", this one also released in 3D.

Instead of Julie Adams and Richard Carlson we get Lori Nelson (the object of the creature's affection) and John Agar. The famous gill man is captured, brought to Marineland in Florida, chained up, and disciplined with an electric cattle prod while tourist line up to watch his scheduled feedings through big glass windows in his tank.

(Technical Question: Wouldn't an electric cattle prod used underwater deliver a shock to the person holding it? Just askin'. )

By the time he escapes and goes on the rampage the audience is primed and ready for the creature's much-deserved revenge. He crashes a party and carries off Miss Nelson, but Agar and the local law catch up with them on a deserted beach.

Of the three "Creature" films, this one is the least exciting. Both this one and the original were directed by the great Jack Arnold.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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Not a great movie, but certainly a mighty fine trailer. The narrator is none other than the man who gave voice to Robby the Robot — Marvin Miller — and he does a fine job.

The scene where the creature turns over a car (at the 1:45 mark in the trailer below) is definitely a "Wow!" moment for the audience.

Behold!

Unfortunately, all three of the Creature Features were simply "one trick ponies" — with a very simple trick. They just didn't measure up as true science fiction by presenting a concept which challenged the intellect of the audience.

______ Revenge of the Creature Official Trailer #1


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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Hand-picked trivia items from IMDB.
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A young Clint Eastwood makes his first screen appearance as a lab technician. He discusses with Professor Ferguson (John Agar) about an experiment involving a cat and several mice sharing the same cage. He points out that one of the mice in the cage is missing and accuses the cat of eating it, but discovers that the missing mouse was in his lab coat pocket.

Note from me: Big, tough, ruthless, bad-ass Clint Eastwood . . . with a mouse in his pocket. Goodness me, what a thought.

While re-releases of the film in theaters and on television have utilized the more-recognizable red-and-blue glasses anaglyph form of 3-D, the film was originally released as 3-D entertainment in theaters using the polarized light method and used glasses with gray polarizing filters.

Note from me: A local TV station in Atlanta aired this movie in the 1980s, heavily publicizing the fact that it would be broadcast in 3D. Local drugstores gave away the red/blue glasses for a week prior to the event.

My daughter was about six years old, and the 3D glasses were too wide for her small face, so I had TO modify a pair by making a fold in the section between the red/blue lenses that pulled them closer together. I stapled the fold to hold it in place.

In other words, I started with the pair in the top image, and ended up with the pair in bottom image.





By the way, my daughter is All Sci-Fi member Ticket2theMoon.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

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Sequel to The Creature From the Black Lagoon (54). The actors from the first one did not return , but director Jack Arnold did.

Despite this, according to Bill Warren in his Keep Watching the Skies book, this isn't half the film that the first one was. The locale shifts from Brazil to Florida. The plot imitates King Kong; the beast is taken from his native land and falls for a pretty woman.

Universal perfected their technique of a film series with its thirties & forties monsters — Frankenstein and Dracula — and did the same strategy with this creature. The next and final film was The Creature Walks Among Us (56).


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[Bud Brewster]