Creature From the Black Lagoon

Starring:Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell, Bernie Gozier, Henry A. Escalante, Rodd Redwing, Perry Lopez, Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman (III), Sydney Mason
Director: Jack Arnold
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

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For the first time ever, the original Creature from the Black Lagoon film comes to DVD in this extraordinary Legacy Collection. Included in the collection is the original classic, starring Richard Carlson, and two timeless sequels, featuring such legendary actors as John Agar and Jeff Morrow. These are the landmark films that inspired an entire genre of movies and continue to be major influences on motion pictures to this day.

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Creature From The Black Lagoon.......2007-06-09

Another Classic Horror Movie that i saw as a youngster at the old Major Theater in Burbank, ca

Awesome but Shame on Universal............2007-06-08

Usually my intentions with my reviews is more toward the technical end and not the actual movie since most have seen the movies before, or there is usually more attention to critiqueing the movie than how well it was transferred to DVD. If you're like me and love quality over quantity then read on.
The packaging and art is simply spectacular on this collection. The bonus features are awesome!!! With careful attention given to lighting and sound. All of the "living" characters including the creature actors are interviewed. Great job Universal! The overall quality to the actual transfer for the first disc is superb. The print used was in good condition for a movie that old. The Creature walks among us was also tranferred with very good quality but the "Revenge of the Creature" sucks! The compression is very noticable. Shame on Universal for not placing this great movie on a third disc in this otherwise great collection. Instead they tried to fit both movies on the second disc. Naturally there are few bonus features which is understandable. But why sacrifice the quality??? Guys some of us don't want to be reminded about quality throughout the length of a movie. The culprit is the clown that walked into the executives offices and said hey I can fit 2 movies on one disc. Using what is referred to as "VBR" (variable bit rate) will only compress areas that are redundant in the picture and professes to be un-noticable to the viewer...BULL!!! judge for selves. View the first 2 and then watch the third. I do hate the "VBR" compression format.
Manny

Creature from the Black Lagoon.......2007-05-23

Still a great flic! I remember seeing this as a kid. Not just a guy in a rubber suit, they did a good job on this one. The Creature is very life-like even for todays standards of effects. This has a good believable story line as well. In this edition you get the 2 editional movies, to carry on the story. A real classic and a welcome edition to my film library.

A Great Set.......2007-05-20

I was a big fan of these movies growing up watching the friday night creature feature on tv. The first film is without a doubt the best. Some scientists hire a boat to take them down the Amazon River to follow up on native rumors that a prehistoric creature still lives. They find the "gill-man" and start fighting for their lives. The Creature has a simple plan. Kill the men and keep the woman. To their credit, when the crew figures this out, they try to get away as quickly as possible. In the second and third films, you start to wonder why people don't just leave this beast alone. The sequel, The Revenge of the Creature has a lot of action. This time some folks have a great idea to capture the Creature and put him on display in a Florida aquarium. He of course escapes, grabs a girl and terrorizes the eastern seaboard. The third movie is the most bizzare. In The Creature Walks Among Us, some folks have an even greater idea of capturing him, removing his gills, and making him into a land animal. Don't ask why they put him through all of this. Anyway, the DVD set is very high quality and well worth it.

Memories..........2007-05-13

This set is, as are all The Legacy Collection sets, perfect. What memories of Saturday night Chiller theater, eating popcorn, and watching these awesome 'scary' movies ! This movie is excellent... you can't go wrong with any of the Legacy Collection sets.

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Creature From the Black Lagoon
Starring: Richard Carlson , Julie Adams , Richard Denning , Antonio Moreno , and Nestor Paiva
Director: Jack Arnold
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: 0783240953
Release Date: 2007-07-24

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Jack Arnold's horror classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon spawned not one but two iconic images: the web-footed humanoid gill-man with a hankering for women and the leggy, luscious Julia Adams, the object of his desire, swimming the lagoon in a luminous white bathing suit. Not since King Kong has the "beauty and the beast" theme been portrayed in such sexually charged (though chaste) terms. Arnold turns an effectively B-movie plot--a small expedition up a remote Amazon river captures a prehistoric amphibian man, who escapes to wreak havoc on the team and kidnap his bathing beauty--into a moody, stylish, low-budget feature. The jungle exteriors turn from exotic to treacherous when the creature blocks their passage and strands them in the wilds. Much of the film is shot underwater, where the murky dark is animated by shimmering shards of sunlight, creating images both lovely and alien (the studio-built sets of the creature's underground lair are far less naturalistic, but serve their purpose). As with most of Arnold's '50s genre films, he's saddled with a less than magnetic leading man (in this case the colorless but stalwart Richard Carlson) and a conventional script, but he overcomes such limitations by creating a vivid and sympathetic monster (helped immeasurably by a marvelous suit of scales and fins) and establishing a mood thick with atmosphere. The film was originally shot in 3-D. --Sean Axmaker

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Release Date: 2000-08-29

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