Tag: Milicent Patrick

• Monsters Prehistoric monsters

  

  Revenge of the Creature

  The first sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon sees the Gill-Man captured in a fish tank and prodded with sticks for “science”. Little is done with the interesting premise, and the thin script devolves into a routine monster-on-the-loose affair. 4/10

  August 18, 2021
• Monsters Prehistoric monsters Underwater

  

  Creature from the Black Lagoon

  Universal’s 1954 aquatic take on King Kong inspired an entire subgenre. Jack Arnold superbly directs this atmospheric story of an Amazon expedition in search of a prehistoric monster merman. But the clichéd script is the real missing link here. 7/10

  April 5, 2021
• Aliens Body Snatchers Cloning Monsters The New Man

  

  It Came from Outer Space

  Ray Bradbury’s story is poetically put on screen in this 1953 classic. Richard Carlson stars as a mediator between body-snatching aliens and gun-happy townsfolk. Intelligent, well-filmed and thoughtful, it may be too slow for some tastes. 8/10

  February 4, 2021