10/01/2016 – day one of thirty-one days of horror!
I’m starting off my 3rd annual 31 days of horror with the first monster I
ever truly loved – the Gill Man from Universal’s classic Creature From
the Black Lagoon. The still unmatched
design of the titular Creature has etched itself in our primordial
brains forever, but the movie itself is quite worthy, a riff on the man
vs nature theme that has proven such a sturdy staple for the horror
genre. The scenes of the Gill Man mirroring diving beauty Julie Adams
from the murky depths still have the power to chill, and director Jack
Arnold uses early underwater photography and nascent 3D to its fullest,
frightening effect. If it has been a while since you’ve been dragged to
the Creature’s watery grotto, you owe yourself a trip back to the
Amazonian jungle.I’m starting off my 3rd annual 31 days of horror with
the first monster I ever truly loved – the Gill Man from Universal’s
classic Creature From the Black Lagoon. The still unmatched design of
the titular Creature has etched itself in our primordial brains forever,
but the movie itself is quite worthy, a riff on the man vs nature theme
that has proven such a sturdy staple for the horror genre. The scenes
of the Gill Man mirroring diving beauty Julie Adams from the murky
depths still have the power to chill, and director Jack Arnold uses
early underwater photography and nascent 3D to its fullest, frightening
effect. If it has been a while since you’ve been dragged to the
Creature’s watery grotto, you owe yourself a trip back to the Amazonian
jungle.
