A monster from below

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Directed by Jack Arnold this classic monster film from Universal stars Richard Carlson and Julia Adams. A team of scientists on the Amazon river are menaced by a monster that could be a giant scientific discovery.

So the special effects for this film are pretty terrible, the monster is a guy in a rubber suit and it's beyond obvious. As a horror film it is hard to find the film scary at all and it is never really explained why the monster wants to kill all the men and kidnap the female character. You also have to wonder about racism and sexism in the film as South American characters seem to be there largely to get killed why the only female character's job is to scream and be chased by the monster.

2/5