70 years of the Creature!

 

This year marks seventy years of the Creature from the Black Lagoon.  This dawned on my while watching Revenge of the Creature last night on Svengoolie.  It is considered one of the new run of Universal sci-fi monster movies, and also the last of the great Universal monsters.  The original Xenomorph, from It Came From Outer Space debuted a year before, but never returned for a sequel.  Now the name has been been taken by drippy, gross (though iconic) destroyers in scarlet.  Be that as it may, the Creature has lasted much longer in popular culture.  Three movies, and many, many homages, ripoffs and appearances in other shows, books and movies.

It is an amazing creation.  Humanoid and yet completely alien to humans.  The first movie is the best, but the other two are enjoyable.  The Creature has been in several cartoons, and many comic books, though under different names.  We will be having a celebration issue for this amazing Creature this year, and it will feature all three of the movies.  Don't miss it, be there!