Fig. 2/ Poster
Creature from the
Black Lagoon is an old 1954 horror movie directed by Jack Arnold. He is
one of the leading film-makers in the 1950’s.he has directed famous thriller
movies like, It Came from Outer Space (1953) and. Tarantula (1955). This film
is about a group of scientists in a jungle in search of an undiscovered animal,
after finding its residuals in a jungle.
The purpose of this particular review is to analyse elements of
the films and discuss what actually makes this to be a B-Movie and positive key
points that makes the film still be prominent. This film was supposedly filmed
in 3D and the director used the polarized light method. The whole story is
about an underwater monster killing everyone who is trying catch him and
disturbing his natural habitat and of course falling in love with a girl. The
monster is none other than a man in a suit and holding his breath under water
for 4 min. Nothing is really horrific about it except the monster suit itself.
Another thing that seems to be quite irritating would be the part when the
music plays repeatedly when the monster appears. This film does have certain
flaws here and there but that makes it a B-Movie, which also includes poor
acting.
Fig. 2 ( Sea
Monster)
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However, contrarily the film is has done amazingly in many other
ways. We are dealing with a Fish man in this film and something that hasn’t
been discovered by anyone. A great place to shoot this film would be a jungle
and there is nothing better than the Amazon. The environment educes this kind of
feeling of going back in time and attempting to see the world before humanity
set foot.
Another aspect that seems to be enlightening is the underwater
sequences; they are shot beautifully. The creature being able to explore and
able to hide behind sea plants when intruders and only attack them after it
feels confident enough.
Overall, it is a great film that has caught many audience
attention and still stands to be one of the greatest B-Movies made in history.
Illustration List
Arnold, J (1954) Figure 1. Poster http://images.moviepostershop.com/creature-from-the-black-lagoon-movie-poster-1954-1010141460.jpg
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Arnold, J (1954) Figure 2. Sea Monster
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