Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)

The Creature From the Black Lagoon is a black and white 3D monster horror film directed by Jack Arnold. The film's plot follows a group of scientists who encounter a piscine amphibious humanoid in the waters of the Amazon; the Creature, also known as the Gill-man, was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater. The film was filmed in 3D using a black and white polarised light method which is used today. On the video and beta version released in the 80s they would change this to the red and blue tinted glasses.

Shape of Water (2017)

Shape of Water is a 2017 romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo Del Toro and is his love letter to The Creature From the Black Lagoon. Set in 1962, Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows a mute cleaner at a high security government facility who falls in love with a humanoid amphibian creature. She decides to help him escape from the hands of the evil colonel. The film would be nominated for 13 Academy Awards and would win three including Best Picture. After viewing Creature from a young age, Del Toro wanted to make a film where the creature and woman end up together at the end.

Opening Credits; Introduction (1.06); Background History (23.05);Creature from the Black Lagoon Film Trailer (25.09); The Horror (26.48); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:02.02); Introducing the Double Feature (1:03.13); Shape of Water Film Trailer (1:05.11); The Attraction (1:08.05); How Many Stars (2:07.15); End Credits (2:16.20); Closing Credits (2:18.29)

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