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| The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) | |
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| Topic Started: Oct 4 2009, 07:43 AM (44 Views) | |
| Laughing Gravy | Oct 4 2009, 07:43 AM Post #1 |
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If Universal ever had a worst movie-monster-franchise idea than sticking Ygor's brain into the Frankenstein Monster and giving it dialog to speak that sounded like Bela Lugosi, it was stuffing the Gill Man into a padded pair of pajamas and having him hobnob with goats in Sausalito, California. An expedition returns to the Black Lagoon (or thereabouts) and captures the Creature; mad scientist Jeff Morrow (who appears crazed throughout the entire film; nobody told Jeffy that a mad scientist doesn't have to LOOK like a loony-bird) operates on his lungs so that he can breath air, and the poor thing (the Creature, not Jeff) soon mutates into a very large man in pajamas. Looks like Shaquille O'Neal with Mick Jagger's lips, if you can picture such a thing. Most of the film, actually, is taken up with a boring romance quadrangle between Jeff (who treats women like he treats science), his gorgeous wife Leigh Snowden (whose outfits get skimpier and skimpier as the film progresses, the only thing that kept MY interest level up), Rex Reason (whose rumbling deep voice nearly blew out my speaker system) and some other creepy guy who paws Miss Snowden when the other two men aren't around. Actually, the Creature is the only likeable character in the entire movie, and if you think I'm kidding, you haven't seen this movie lately. They have mountain lions in Sausalito, apparently, so be careful if you go there. Let's see, we also saw a typically great Popeye cartoon; Popeye and Bluto were rival fireman who spent more time squirting themselves with hoses than they did rescuing Olive Oyl from atop a burning house (one hopes Swee'Pea wasn't in there); the Stooges film, which featured a fashion show, did not horrify the women in the audience as much as these things usually do, and ended with a cream-puff fight that actually went over very well; in episode two of Mysterious Doctor Satan, Dave Sharpe did some nice leaping about and Strawberry Gravy, who had missed episode 1, figured out about halfway through the episode that the Copperhead was the good guy, which cleared up her confusion. Our rock video of the week was "Walking on the Sun" by Smash Mouth. We also saw trailers for the next couple of films in our "It! The Terror from the 1950s!" series. |
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| CliffClaven | Oct 5 2009, 11:39 PM Post #2 |
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Just watched "Creature Walks Among Us" myself. The creature seems to be the only one who DOESN'T make a grab at the girl. In fact, he only gives her a few disgusted looks before moving on to something important. Maybe, after his experiences in the first two films, he sees the nice doctor with the screaming blonde and is trying to find a way to say, "I've known dames like that, buddy. Get out while you can!" The trailer on the DVD is cleverly edited to imply he's as horny as ever. I'm sure they could have sold "Old Man and the Sea" as a shipboard romance. I think know the Popeye you're talking about. At the end Popeye rescues and revives Bluto. Then, when he's absolutely sure his pal is okay, Popeye nearly punches a hole in him. You see it coming a mile away but it's still a great gag. |
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