Sam Panico Omehow, the monster has survived and a new expedition - oh hey, there's Lucas again - captures the Gill-man and brings him to the Ocean Harbor Oceanarium - thank SeaWorld - in Florida, where Professor Clete Ferguson (John Agar, Shirley Temple's first husband, who appeared in tons of science fiction films along with many appearances alongside John Wayne) and ichthyology student Helen Dobson (Lori Nelson, who reprised the role in 2005's The Naked Monster). Of course, Helen and Clete fall in love. Of course, the Gill-man falls for her, too.The Gill-man eventually escapes, but he can't stop thinking about Helen, even abducting her from a party. Clete and the police chase him down and, as is customary, gun our amphibian antagonist down. A slave to love, trapped until the end!Despite being the screen debut of Clint Eastwood (in a blink and you'll miss him appearance as a lab technician who misplaces a rat) and being shot in 3-D, Revenge of the Creature isn't quite as good as the original. But it made the most money of the three, so that led to 1956's The Creature Walks Among Us.

rodrig58 Jack Arnold was very prolific in science-fiction horror. But, unfortunately, not even one masterpiece, only dozen films. And this "Revenge of the Creature" is no exception. The actors strived, they gave their strength but the story was bankrupt at birth, everything is awkward. Clint Eastwood as Jennings, uncredited, in his first film. Just another Hollywood nonsense!

GL84 Having been captured in his in his Amazonian home, the Gill Man is placed on display at a Florida water-park and tries to escape with the female scientist attempting to study him as a new love interest.On the whole this one was a highly enjoyable and even superior sequel effort. One of the better elements here is the improved action on display, as this one has some overall impressive and exciting scenes here, among the best starting immediately with the capture in the Amazon. From the diving suit encounter which is a fun, savage underwater brawl to the eventual escape, this goes along nicely with the capture method that gets really fun. Likewise, further enjoyable action scenes come from the transport into the observatory tank where it goes after the carriers which requires all sorts of outside help to put an end to the situation as well as the lengthy scenes of the two attempting to train it underwater which comes off very nicely with the creatures' best interests at heart. Still, the best scenes here are from the final half with its escape from the facility and rampage across the park and the large-scale chase for the finale as he manages to capture her forcing a rather enjoyable manhunt by the police along the swampy marshlands in a series of thrilling encounters that really get this one ending on a high note. These high-quality action scenes carrying this along so well that there's a relentless pace here that keeps this going along quite nicely even with the clichéd elements here of the scientist romance burgeoning alongside the creature's romance with her, so even these breeze by quite nicely here. Sa well, the carry-overs from the previous effort of having absolutely gorgeous underwater scenes of the creature both in his native habitat and at the institute that captures it's regal beauty quite well and a fantastic costume for the creature are featured, all of these more than enough to hold this off from its small flaws. While the romance angles here come off rather nicely, there's little reason why the creature here falls for the girl beyond the fact that she's there. She doesn't display a lot of kindness that would warrant that kind of affection back and seems to be there merely as an obstacle to overcome. Lastly, the 3D gags here are atrocious and stick out quite obviously for the hokey-nature they appear in here. Otherwise, this one was quite fun and even better than the original.Today's Rating/PG: Mild Violence.

Michael_Elliott Revenge of the Creature (1955)*** (out of 4) Sequel to CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON has a new group of explorers heading to the Amazon to capture the Gill Man. They're able to do so and they take him back to a Sea World like center where they plan to put him on display. Once there a scientist (John Agar) and a grad student (Lori Nelson) try to determine how intelligent the creature is and sure enough he begins to have feelings for the woman and finally breaks free.REVENGE OF THE CREATURE is an exceptional sequence that actually manages to match the first film in terms of quality. I've never found the original to be among the studio's all-time greats like FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN or THE WOLF MAN but there's no doubt that it deserves its classic label and I'd say this film also deserves to be called a classic monster movie. The story obviously takes elements from the first film and mixes them with elements from KING KONG and for the most part the entire film is quite successful.I think one of the best things that they carry over from the original movie is the sympathy angle towards the Gill Man. Here this element is really laid on because the movie manages to make you feel really bad for the creature who is chained up as an attraction and he's unable to do anything or that get electrical shocks as the scientist tries to teach him the meaning of "stop." There's no question that the movie manages to work so well because of the Gill Man and the way director Jack Arnold makes you sympathize with him but there's also scenes showing how dangerous he is so you still wouldn't want to run into him no matter how bad you felt for him.The actors are also quite good here with Agar and Nelson filling their roles nicely and they manage to work extremely well together. Another major plus is the underwater photography, which is quite excellent and a major step up from the first film. I'd also argue that the kill scenes here are a lot more effective. There are some faults to be found and especially with some of the stuff that is copied from the original movie (like him falling for the woman) but overall REVENGE OF THE CREATURE is a success.