Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
Creature Feature: 50 Years of the Gill-Man
| 13 April 2004 (USA)
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First surfacing in 1954, the Gill-Man from CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON has been one of the most influential screen monsters. This documentary fondly recalls the history of the 3-D horror film - which spawned several sequels and countless imitators - and the behind-the-scenes story of its making as told by cast and crew.

Reviews
Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
gary olszewski I vaguely remember Ben from my Sci-Fi fandom days of the '60s, I was doing several interviews & bios of obscure actors/actresses, most notably Ben, actress Fay Spain, and Jody Fair, who played Angela in 1961's The Young Savages. Ben was one of the people at a low-key Sci-Fi con in Chicago, about 1970, when I had a nice chat with him and his "career" and life. All these were published in some now-long-forgotten fanzine of the day. Wish I still had copies of those interviews, but time marches on, and any of those people surely wouldn't' remember me at all so many years later. Ben was a really nice fellow, ekeing out a living (The cons of those days didn't even pay their guest, unless, of course they were big-name stars, and even then the pay was a couple hundred dollars, at most! Good to know Ben's still alive & kicking! How 'bout a remake of Creature, but 50 years older! Ugly then, uglier now!
juliaandtommy Saw this recently and was very impressed, especially with the written narrative that seemed to move the story along nicely. Not to mention the fact that the narrative was delivered by none other than Keith "THEY LIVE" David, who is just as impressive a narrator as he is an actor.As a fan of horror/sci-fi, I certainly knew some of the backstory of the Creature From the Black Lagoon, but I learned a whole lot more in this very informative documentary that had a really fast pace, and interesting subject material.There were also nice turns by Academy-Award winner Benicio Del Toro and Arthur Ross, the original writer of the first and third films in the Creature trilogy. Don't want to give too much away, but I will say that this film will capture your interest, even if only a casual movie buff, while also serving as informative for the movie fanatics. And, that's well worth the price of admission!
jason-744 I saw this on Dec. 16 in Tribeca and it was great. I thought this film was a great look at the history and fandom of the Creature of the Black Lagoon. It was edited very well. The production quality and sound was great not to mention the other cool stuff like old photos. The interviews were great. Some of the fans shocked me like Benicio Del toro. He is a great actor! It was filled with fun stuff like conventions and collector's, although some of the interviews ran a little long it was a really interesting look at the 50 Years of the creature. A classic monster from universal. I think it ran about 86 min. Which was a good length I thought.
contrast17 At a recent screening there was a moment where the magic of this film suddenly transported me out of my comfortable chair and into the eight year old me again. I suddenly remembered all the promos they showed during "4:30 Movie" that week on channel nine all over again. I remembered making my Dad take me to Seven-Eleven to get the special 3D glasses they gave you with purchase of a Super Slurpee, right side red, left side green. Then flash to me and our whole crew over at Ralph's house, all gathered around the Tube in the dark, with a giant bowl of butter soaked popcorn, and nothing was cooler to that eight year old me than a creepy monster who lived under a swamp, except of course, that same creepy monster in a 3D swamp! Gimmicky or not, classic 3D was an early stab at today's virtual reality, and man was it whacked to see stuff flying out of your TV screen in 1982. Good times... Well last month, I finally saw this undisguised labor of love they titled "Creature Feature," and the whole thing came rushing back. I had forgotten all about that awesome event on channel nine, and all about The Creature in general. The rest of the Universal Monster Crew might get all the good press, but it's the Gilman who's always had the creepy hold on my soul. Thank you Creature Feature, you helped me to remember that.