Revenge of the Creature (1955)

Not as bad as most say, 19 April 2005

A group of scientist go back to the Black Lagoon to capture the Creature. From there he is taken to an aquarium in Florida for research. The Creature develops a sort of "crush" on one of the female scientists, escapes, and kidnaps her. Can the Creature be stopped?

While it's the weakest of the series, I probably rate Revenge of the Creature higher than most other people who claim to be fans. It definitely didn't deserve the MST3K treatment. The love story and escape work for me. I especially enjoy the scenes of the Creature terrorizing the guests and workers at the aquarium. Good stuff.

One of the problems I have with the movie is understanding the actions of the so-called scientists. First, they head of to the Black Lagoon and proceed to dynamite the place to capture the Creature. They actually seem willing to kill every other living animal to get the Creature. Is that the way real scientists operate? And while I understand the point of the experiments they perform on the Creature once in Florida, the scientists seem a little too anxious to administer the shock treatment to the Creature. It's just not very realistic, even by 1950s horror/sci-fi movie standards.

If you've never seen Revenge of the Creature, be on the look-out for an uncredited and VERY young Clint Eastwood in his first movie role.

7/10