Revenge of the Creature

1955
Approved
1h 22m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

7.2K

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Ricou Browning and Lori Nelson in Revenge of the Creature (1955)

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Monster Horror Horror Sci-Fi

Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.Men capture the Creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction, from which he escapes.

Director
- Jack Arnold
Writers
- William Alland
- Martin Berkeley
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

7.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jack Arnold
Writers
- William Alland
- Martin Berkeley
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Captain of Police
(as Charles R. Cane)

Loretta Agar

Woman on Boat
(uncredited)

Bill Baldwin

Patrol Boat Dispatcher
(voice)
(uncredited)

Jere Beery Sr.

Photographer
(uncredited)

Ricou Browning

The Gill Man (In Water)
(uncredited)
…

Diane DeLaire

Miss Abbott
(uncredited)

Mike Doyle

Cop
(uncredited)

Clint Eastwood

Jennings
(uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Skipper
(uncredited)

Charles A. Gibbs

Cop
(uncredited)

Brett Halsey

Pete
(uncredited)

Director
- Jack Arnold
Writers
- William Alland
- Martin Berkeley
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Actor and stuntman Tom Hennesy almost drowned during filming. Playing the Creature, he grabs Helen Dobson (actually stuntwoman Ginger Stanley) on a pier and jumps with her into the water. The scene was shot at night, and when Hennesy and Stanley hit the water, they discovered it was full of jellyfish. In addition, a freak current started to pull them both down. Hennesy let go of Stanley, who swam to the surface, but Hennesy's inflexible Gill-Man costume had become waterlogged and too heavy to fight the current. He was rescued by two local boys who happened to be watching the filming from a nearby boat, and quickly raced over and pulled him in.

Goofs
The scientist puts the Gill-Man into a saltwater tank filled with sharks, sea turtles etc. The Gill-man came from a freshwater lagoon in the Amazon.

Quotes
Lucas: I hope you ain't going to blow up my boat, Mr. Johnson. Like my wife, she's not much but she's all I have.

Crazy credits
in 3-D Horrorscope

Alternate versions
This movie was originally released in 3-D

Connections
Featured in Adventure Theater: Revenge of the Creature (1977)

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Review

Featured review

It's okay, but the least of the trilogy

MORD39 RATING: ** out of ****

This first sequel to CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON is pretty standard stuff, although I've always preferred the look of the monster in this film even over the original. He appears darker and somehow that strikes me as better.

Other than that, it's pretty much run-of-the-mill as the Creature is captured and then escapes from a Marineland attraction. I suppose that the idea of the Creature becoming a major attraction as a sideshow exhibit is interesting, but it becomes tedious at times as we watch John Agar and Lori Nelson try to train and feed him in his new environment. Lori Nelson has some pretty dumb dialogue at times, too.

This film is not beyond enjoyment, though. When you consider that JAWS 3D (also from Universal) copied the idea of this film with disastrous results, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE looks pretty decent indeed.