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David, Lucas, and Carl give chase to save her. The creature then abducts Kay and takes her to his cavern lair. While the others attempt to remove the logs, Mark is mauled to death trying to capture the creature single-handedly underwater. Following this incident, David decides they should return to civilization, but as the Rita tries to leave, they find the entrance blocked by fallen logs, courtesy of the escaped Gill-man. Kay hits the beast with a lantern driving it off before it can kill Edwin. It escapes during the night and attacks Edwin, who was guarding it. Subsequent encounters with the Gill-man claim the lives of two of Lucas's crew members, before the Gill-man is captured and locked in a cage on board the Rita. Although it escapes, it leaves behind a claw in the net, revealing its existence to the scientists. After they return, Kay goes swimming and is stalked underwater by the creature, who then gets briefly caught in one of the ship's draglines. Once the expedition arrives, David and Mark go diving to collect fossils from the lagoon floor. The film premiered in 1954 and starred Richard Carlson and Julie Adams in the lead roles.

Among Universal Studios classic monster movies is Creature from the Black Lagoon. Taking notice of the beautiful Kay, it follows the Rita all the way downriver to the Black Lagoon. Creature From the Black Lagoon features one of Universal Studios's most famous monsters, but there are some things you might not know about the film. The scientists decide to risk it, unaware that the amphibious "Gill-man" that killed Carl's assistants earlier has been watching them. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiance, Kay. Lucas says that the tributary empties into a lagoon known as the "Black Lagoon", a paradise from which no one has ever returned. Matos (uncredited) Rodd Redwing Luis (uncredited) Synopsis When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a missing link connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. Mark is ready to give up the search, but David suggests that perhaps thousands of years ago the part of the embankment containing the rest of the skeleton fell into the water and was washed downriver. The excavation of the area where Carl found the hand turns up nothing. The creature, curious upon seeing the expedition, investigates the camp site, but when its sudden appearance frightens the members, they attack it, and in response, the enraged creature kills them. In fact, the camp was attacked by a piscine amphibious humanoid, a living member of the same species from which the fossil originated. Lucas suggests it was done by a jaguar, but the others are unsure. When they arrive at the camp, they discover that Maia's entire research team has been mysteriously killed while he was away. The expedition consists of David, Carl and Mark, as well as Reed's girlfriend, Kay Lawrence (Julie Adams), and another scientist, Dr.

They go aboard a tramp steamer, the Rita, which is captained by a crusty old codger named Lucas (Nestor Paiva). Mark Williams (Richard Denning), to fund a return expedition to the Amazon to look for the remainder of the skeleton. Reed persuades the institute's financial backer, Dr. Harboring a detailed paint job and a swimmingly articulated form, the Amazonian Gill-man is a sensational glow-in-the-dark figure that can be posed in a.Themes: Universal Monsters, Creature from the.

David Reed (Richard Carlson), an ichthyologist who works at a marine biology institute. Carl Maia (Antonio Moreno) visits his friend, Dr. Creature From The Black Lagoon was one of the earliest films to be shot and released in the then new three-dimensional (3D) format.A geology expedition in the Amazon uncovers fossilized evidence from the Devonian period of a link between land and sea animals in the form of a skeletal hand with webbed fingers. One of the ways studios tried to draw audiences back to the theaters was to use new technology to enhance the experience. Television was drawing people away from theaters, and Universal's reign as the king of horror would soon be usurped by a slew of low budget, Cold War-themed films from independent companies. Unable to compete with the glamour of "prestige" studios like MGM, Universal found their niche in horror films, releasing genre defining films such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, and their various sequels. Universal Studios had been the masters of horror in the studio era. He is one of the most recognizable monsters in all of cinema, a legendary screen creation whose influence is felt even to this day, but it may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that his creators struggled to the design for their creature. The look for the eponymous Gill Man, the Creature From The Black Lagoon, one of the icons from Universal Studios' golden age of horror, was inspired by another Hollywood icon of the studio era, the Oscar statuette.
