Jeff Morrow (of This Island Earth and The Giant Claw ) plays Dr. However, their aims are very different this time. The Creature Walks Among Us finishes the trilogy, and sees another group of scientists attempt to capture the Gill Man.
The poor soul is caged and studied for commands and control, but he eventually escapes and terrorises the county. The film’s first sequel arrived a year later Revenge of the Creature sees the Gill Man captured and put on display at the Ocean Harbour Oceanarium in Florida. The ‘Gill Man’ – a half-man, half-fish creature – still lives in the jungle’s waters, seemingly impervious to millions of years of evolution. 1954’s Creature from the Black Lagoon sees an expedition of scientists head to the Amazon after the fossil of an aquatic missing link is discovered. The Creature Walks Among Us is the final film in William Alland’s Black Lagoon trilogy. Please be warned, spoilers for both films abound. Beyond their immediate connection of aquatic creatures, these films are more closely connected than we may first appreciate. Both films depict a character whose identity is stripped for the needs of another, only to meet rejection or indifference. Separated by almost sixty years, these films share thematic parallels which, when considered together, make the horror of their narratives all the more upsetting. Such melancholy is at the heart of both 1956’s The Creature Walks Among Us and 2015’s The Lure. But to change oneself – losing who you are in the process – and still meet rejection is perhaps worse. Falling short in the eyes of those we admire can be awful.
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