The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
- Directed by
- John Sherwood
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, monster film, speculative fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 94 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A scientist captures the Gill-man and performs surgery to make it breathe air and live on land. The creature struggles to adapt to its new human-like existence while the scientist's wife becomes drawn to it.
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What happens
The Creature Walks Among Us is a 1956 American monster horror film and the third and final installment of the Creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy from Universal Pictures, following the previous year's Revenge of the Creature. The film was directed by John Sherwood, the long-time Universal-International assistant director, in his directorial debut. His role as director was partly facilitated by Jack Arnold, who had directed the first two films in the series, who recommended Sherwood to Universal. The Creature Walks Among Us stars Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden, Gregg Palmer, and Maurice Manson. The titular Creature, or Gill-man, is played by Don Megowan on land and Ricou Browning underwater. The film's plot follows a cold-hearted scientist (Morrow) who surgically transforms the Gill-man into a more human-like, terrestrial organism. As with the original Creature from the Black Lagoon, the film's score was composed by Henry Mancini, who at the time was under contract with Universal. The Creature Walks Among Us is the final film in the Creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy, and is often cited as the final film of the classic Universal Monsters era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.