NATURE BITES BACK! Pt 5: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) / The Shape of Water (2017)

The Evolution of Horror

Mike Muncer

Tv & Film, Film History

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 117 minutes

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This week we continue looking at 50s monster movies about the perils of nature...Axelle Carolyn joins Mike to discuss Universal's 3D monster movie, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON! Plus, in the second half of the ep, we release a discussion from the Patreon vault, recorded earlier this year, in which Steph McKenna joins Mike to discuss Del Toro's tribute to Creature from the Black Lagoon, THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017).

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0:00.0	The The early 1950s saw a boom in giant monster movies about man messing with nature,
0:31.4	whether it was Godzilla, the beast from 20,000 fathoms, or the re-release of
0:35.5	1933's King Kong, horror was veering away from the dark and Gothic towards something bigger, more cinematic and more ambitious.
0:46.7	The birth of television during this time meant that cinema had to find new, exciting, spectacular ways to draw audiences into theatres.
0:55.7	See underwater thrills never photographed before.
0:58.6	See Titanic underwater battles never dreamed of before in this most terrifying of the science fiction adventure.
1:06.3	In 1954, Universal Pictures had a go at creating a brand new monster, something to rival some of their most iconic monsters from the 30s
1:16.2	and 40s. But this film had a very different vibe to Dracula, Frankenstein, or The
1:21.9	Mummy, less dark and shadowy, more bright and spectacular.
1:27.0	This movie showed off its technical prowess by relying on beautiful underwater visuals and 3D effects.
1:34.6	For this reason, it feels as though it belongs firmly in the era of 50s monster movies, but
1:40.6	it also gave audiences one of the last great iconic monsters of the golden age of
1:47.3	universal horror.
1:50.3	Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of nature in horror and we discuss Jack Arnold's
2:00.0	Creature from the black lagoon. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Muncer as ever I am your host. In this
2:16.0	podcast we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre one sub-genre at a time. We are currently in the middle of our 10th season exploring nature biting back in horror and this is part 5.
2:30.0	In this week's episode as that intro suggested we're going to be talking about Universal's
2:34.7	classic 50s monster movie Creature from the Black Lagoon from 1954.
2:40.9	This will be a spoilerific review. give yourself a treat go and watch it before you listen to our discussion
2:47.4	Also I thought I would give you guys a little bonus tree as part of this week's episode
2:51.8	So in the second half of this week's episode. So in the second half of this
2:53.5	week's episode I have included a discussion of a film that was previously on
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