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Revenge of the Creature is, of course, the sequel to Universal's fabulously successful The Creature from the Black Lagoon--and like its predecessor, the film was lensed in 3-D (though released "flat" ... read more read more...in most theatres). Though the audience had seen the Gill-Man shot full of holes in the first picture, he still resides in the Black Lagoon in the sequel, apparently none the worse for wear. Two oceanographers (John Bromfield and Robert B. Williams) capture the creature and put him on display at Florida's Ocean Harbor Park (actually Marineland of the Atlantic). Here the hapless Gill-Man is taught a few words of English by compassionate icthyologists John Agar and Lori Nelson. Eventually, however, the creature reverts to type, kills one of his captors and goes on a rampage. And once again, he manages to briefly abduct the heroine and carry her off. Not nearly as good as the first Creature, this followup is saved by the underwater photography of Charles S. Welbourne--and by the effective performance by Ricou Browning as the Gill-Man. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Jack Arnold

Release Date: May 11, 1955

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DVD Release Date: September 1, 1993

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    September 23, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Superb sequel to The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature picks up a year after the first film. A successful capture of the Gill Man by two oceanographers and put him on display at a Marine park. The "Gill-Man" as he is called is a hit at the park. At first thi... read morengs go without a hitch, but as the film progresses, the Gill-Man breaks free and goes on a rampage and escapes the park. Revenge of the Creature is a solid follow-up to the classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. The film is superbly acted and directed, and the pace of the story is very good. I very much enjoyed the storyline to this sequel, and I thought it was a great continuation to the first. The film like the first has some incredible underwater cinematography, and it adds incredible atmosphere to this classic horror film. The cast do a fine job and they deliver great performances. What I thoroughly enjoyed about this film is the effects, I thought for the time period they were very well done, and even if by today's fancy CGI techniques, the special effects used in this film are still relevant and groundbreaking to the cinematic medium. Revenge of the Creature, is not as grand a film, as Creature from the Black Lagoon, but the film is nonetheless a classic monster horror film, and it delivers some very good entertainment. The film is wonderful because of the strong cast, interesting story, great cinematography and of course the Gill-Man's knack for killing and wrecking havoc.
  • cancercapricorn2002
    July 5, 2010
    cancercapricorn2002
    The film begins back in the same lagoon where the creature was left at the end of the last film. The same local captain has agreed to take some idiots from America to capture the creature. Now considering how scared this captain was and how he lost several crew members in the las... read moret film, it's amazing that he'd once again take such a risk--especially since all he does is complain about this! Quite surprisingly, the monster is actually captured relatively quickly and most of the film actually takes place in and around Marineland in Florida (near St. Augustine). Seeing this "thing" in a giant aquarium as gawking stand about is a bit surreal, but once he escapes (a must for the film), things heat up considerably.

    Along for the ride are a behavioral scientist (John Agar) and the requisite "babe", the hot grad student and ichthyologist played by Lori Nelson. Both of them work with the creature trying to determine its intelligence and trainability--though the methods did seem a bit cruel. So, when the Creature breaks free, I found myself rooting for it--a real plus in a monster film when you have sympathy for the object of so much terror.

    As for Agar, he has a terrible reputation as an actor, but he was quite competent here.

    There are a couple of things viewers might want to look out for. First, it's pretty obvious that there are two different people playing the Creature if you try to spot the differences. In the underwater scenes, the guy inside this complex suit is skinnier and on land he's chunkier--perhaps so he can carry about the "screaming hot babe" required by such films. Second, it's also pretty obvious that this was originally a 3-D film---as the monster and arms and all kinds of stuff come hurtling at the camera. While it isn't hokey, it is noticeable.

    Overall, a nice higher budget horror film that excels in practically every way. The only negatives are that it's a sequel (in other words, it loses a point for originality) and occasionally the characters do act a bit dumb--but this can be forgiven since it's still a vastly superior film to the sort of schlock horror that was so common in the 50s.
  • matertenebraum
    September 13, 2009
    matertenebraum
    Revenge Of The Creature is the first and better of the 2 sequels to the excellent Creature From The Black Lagoon.

    A team of scientists travel to the Amazon and they capture the Gill Man and take him to Marineland in Florida so they can study him. But it is not long before he esc... read moreapes and goes on the rampage, destroying cars and kidnapping the female scientist (jsut like he did in the first movie). He eventual escapes.

    The cast includes Sci-fi regular John Agar (Tarantula, The Brain From Planet Auris), Lori Nelson (The Day The World Ended) and Nestor Paiva, reprising his role from Creature From The Black Lagoon. With John Broomfield.

    Revenge Of the Creature is certainly worth seeking out.
  • cosmo313
    August 19, 2009
    cosmo313
    Not quite as good as the first one, but just as entertaining and watchable. The underwater cinemtaography is still pretty good, the extremely brief (and uncredited) film debut of Clint Eastwood is amusing, and the scene where the Gill Man flips the car over is awesome. Again, a s... read moretep down, but still good fun.
  • threefolddado
    July 9, 2008
    threefolddado
    Not quite as good as the original, but still good monster fun.
  • kenscheck
    May 4, 2012
    kenscheck
    Some FOOLS capture the Creature From the Black Lagoon, the Gill-Man, and bring him back to Florida to essentially be a Sea World exhibit. But he doesn't take kindly to captivity and being tortured by ignorant jerk scientists...and he decides to escape and recreate plotlines from... read more the previous films...such as becoming sexually attracted to a human female and trying to kidnap her. This sequel is average, I wouldn't say it is awful, at least it tried something new by taking the Creature out of his native habitat, but it isn't great either. Admittedly, when the Creature escapes and starts to create havoc...it can be kinda fun.
  • holmennnguy
    July 28, 2008
    holmennnguy
    One of my all time favorite villains is back: The Creature From The Black Lagoon! This time the Creature is let loose! There isn't enough horror moments for me, but it's still incredibly entertaining and an overall fun movie.
  • mpghoul1973
    February 19, 2008
    mpghoul1973
    As with the original, Creature From the Black Lagoon, the gill man is the victim. He is the one we feel sorry for. He is kidnapped, tortured and shackled. His home is trashed, polluted and blown to bits. He is not the aggresor. Man is.
    KInda poetic eh? Well the sequel finds him ... read morebeing taken from his Lagoon home and brought to Florida. Were he is kept in a seaworld type aquarium. Revenge is a decent sequel. It doesnt rehash the same setting as the first. But it lacks some of the atmosphere the original film had. The Lagoon was a great setting. Fortunatly the film does get the Creature back to a natural setting near the end. This is one of the better Universal monster series.
    Oh yea i almost forgot..Clint Eastwood has a very minor role in the film.
  • saltersheppard
    November 3, 2007
    saltersheppard
    Great silly movie...classic '50's lines. Well, the director throws a pretty lady in the tank with the creature.She shocks him with a cattle prod. Of course over the days he tires of that. He escapes then stalks the poor damsel. Happy ending though...the creature rises again!
  • thegulfsharkparty
    July 19, 2007
    thegulfsharkparty
    The second installment of the "Creature" series is arguably better than the original (and miles ahead of the 3rd). It's one of the first sequels where I can honestly say I prefer it to the first...very rare in any genre, but especially in horror/science-fiction.
    Basically, scie... read morentists capture the creature, lock him up in a Sea World-type habitat, and make it earn his keep by being watched by spectators. Well, as you might expect, the creature escapes and goes on a rampage that set the bar for all chaos in "creature" films to come in any genre.
    Example: the buoy scene in the lake when the girl is being dragged around? Yep, very close to what happens in the opening scene of "Jaws" and far pre-dates it.
    There's a few others too. Interesting if nothing else.
    I think it really stands up and to me is the most original of the three films. Of all of the "classic" horror series' I'd pick the "Creature" franchise without flinching. "Dracula" , "Wolfman", and "Frankenstein" are all amazing and terrifying, but this series seems to be the most FUN of the franchises while also bringing some major envirenmental and animal habitat questions. Very much ahead of its time. Absolutely classic.

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Rob Humanick
October 16, 2011
Rob Humanick, Suite101.com

Less than the sum of its maddeningly redundant parts. Full Review

Stefan Birgir Stefansson
July 8, 2005
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

not really original considering the first, but still entertaining

Alex Sandell
March 15, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

This series went to crap faster than Freddy Krueger's.

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Emanuel Levy
July 5, 2005
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March 27, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

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January 1, 2000
Matt Easterbrook, Matt's Movie Reviews

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June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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Film4

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