gary olszewski I vaguely remember Ben from my Sci-Fi fandom days of the '60s, I was doing several interviews & bios of obscure actors/actresses, most notably Ben, actress Fay Spain, and Jody Fair, who played Angela in 1961's The Young Savages. Ben was one of the people at a low-key Sci-Fi con in Chicago, about 1970, when I had a nice chat with him and his "career" and life. All these were published in some now-long-forgotten fanzine of the day. Wish I still had copies of those interviews, but time marches on, and any of those people surely wouldn't' remember me at all so many years later. Ben was a really nice fellow, ekeing out a living (The cons of those days didn't even pay their guest, unless, of course they were big-name stars, and even then the pay was a couple hundred dollars, at most! Good to know Ben's still alive & kicking! How 'bout a remake of Creature, but 50 years older! Ugly then, uglier now!

juliaandtommy Saw this recently and was very impressed, especially with the written narrative that seemed to move the story along nicely. Not to mention the fact that the narrative was delivered by none other than Keith "THEY LIVE" David, who is just as impressive a narrator as he is an actor.As a fan of horror/sci-fi, I certainly knew some of the backstory of the Creature From the Black Lagoon, but I learned a whole lot more in this very informative documentary that had a really fast pace, and interesting subject material.There were also nice turns by Academy-Award winner Benicio Del Toro and Arthur Ross, the original writer of the first and third films in the Creature trilogy. Don't want to give too much away, but I will say that this film will capture your interest, even if only a casual movie buff, while also serving as informative for the movie fanatics. And, that's well worth the price of admission!

jercorn2020 After seeing how Universal recycled their "Back To The Lagoon" doc for the new Creature box set, it was a real treat to see another filmmaker's take on a monster close to the hearts of many fans. And 'fan' is the appropriate word here - Creature Feature is all heart, and was obviously made by folks who not only love the Creature From The Black Lagoon, but the whole world of movie monsters and all the collecting and obsessions that go along with fandom in general. So instead of the usual, boring "this is how the soundtrack was made" - styled interviews and details, Creature Feature gives us a broad, loving tribute to The Creature From the Black Lagoon, including all the people, movies and events it helps inspire to this day. More importantly, it shows Creature's impact on culture.It's amazing that considering all the movies and books about Dracula and Frankenstein's influence on us all, that it's only now we see the Creature and his story getting recognition for it's influence on art and culture. This is the complete, definitive Creature documentary, which shows a real love and a real knack for what makes a monster, and monster fans, tick. Highly Recommended. Bravo!

DKraai I had the fortunate opportunity of seeing a screening of Creature Feature in NYC about a week ago. I have to say, this is good stuff. I am a movie fan, but not necessarily a "monster movie" fan. Well, this documentary has me thinking I might become one. I learned more than I ever thought I would about The Creature, the history of Universal monsters, really what an impact it all had on the state of modern cinema. It makes me want to go back and watch all of these historical films again (and I do believe I will). This film was executed perfectly - tactful, tasteful, funny when it needed to be. It had all the right stars (past and present). I dare not say I was the only one who enjoyed it either. I guess my last word would be, "Check it out for yourself." It's ninety minutes of cinema history (both literally and figuratively).