Creature from the Black Lagoon

Finally, a new monster. The Universal Monster franchise had gotten to the point where the serious thrills of the early films had been replaced by outright and intentional comedy. There was room in the market for more straight horror, but the Frankenstein monster just wasn’t cutting it anymore. Something new needed to come along. So, they came up with a fish man and made a cross between King Kong and Beauty and the Beast. Sure, okay.

An archaeologist, Dr. Maia (Antonio Moreno), finds the c...