Revenge of the Creature

Revenge of the Creature (1955)

  • 33% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 35% of users liked it
    (1,447 ratings)

Revenge of the Creature is, of course, the sequel to Universal's fabulously successful The Creature from the Black Lagoon--and like its predecessor, the film was lensed in 3-D (though released "flat" in most theatres). Though the audience had seen the Gill-Man shot full of holes in the first… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By
Jack Arnold
Written By
William Alland, Martin Berkeley
Genres
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
In Theaters
May 11, 1955 Wide
On DVD
Sep 1, 1993
Universal Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Rob Humanick, Suite101.com

    Less than the sum of its maddeningly redundant parts.

  • Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

    not really original considering the first, but still entertaining

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    This series went to crap faster than Freddy Krueger's.

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  • Jeff "


    Superb sequel to The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature picks up a year after the first film. A successful capture of the Gill Man by two oceanographers and put him on display at a Marine park. The "Gill-Man" as he is called is a hit at the park. At… More

  • David L


    The film begins back in the same lagoon where the creature was left at the end of the last film. The same local captain has agreed to take some idiots from America to capture the creature. Now considering how scared this captain was and how he lost several crew members in the last… More

  • Cassandra M


    Revenge Of The Creature is the first and better of the 2 sequels to the excellent Creature From The Black Lagoon. A team of scientists travel to the Amazon and they capture the Gill Man and take him to Marineland in Florida so they can study him. But it is not long before he escapes… More

  • Chris W


    Not quite as good as the first one, but just as entertaining and watchable. The underwater cinemtaography is still pretty good, the extremely brief (and uncredited) film debut of Clint Eastwood is amusing, and the scene where the Gill Man flips the car over is awesome. Again, a step… More

  • Anthony V


    Not quite as good as the original, but still good monster fun.

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