Arthur A. Ross (February 4, 1920 - November 11, 2008) was an American film and television screenwriter, best known for writing Brubaker and co-writing The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
He is credited on over 450 movies and television shows, including To Kill a Mockingbird, Man of a Thousand Faces, The Andromeda Strain and Creature from the Black Lagoon.
The film is famous among horror and science-fiction buffs for its aquatic monster, which looks like a cross between a piranha and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Its name is a homage to the 1954 sci-fi/horror movie Creature from the Black Lagoon.
In October 1997, Jet City debuted the first Twisted Flick, an improvised re-dubbing of Creature from the Black Lagoon.
A Creature from the Black Lagoon pinball game inspired the song's title and the cover art.
He also influenced Universal Studio's decision to film the Creature from the Black Lagoon and its sequels at Wakulla Springs and Silver Springs, as well as the hiring of Florida swimmer Ricou Browning to play the Creature in the movie's underwater sequences.
In his Son of Svengoolie persona, Rich Koz is also known for the early '80s 3-D broadcast of Revenge of the Creature (the sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon) that resulted in a civil action lawsuit by people who felt they didn't get enough 3-D for the 89 cents they spent for the cardboard glasses.
It was produced by William Alland, who would have better success two years later with Creature from the Black Lagoon.
The monster in the film bears a resemblance to the titular entity from Creature from the Black Lagoon.
In March, 2010, Perseverance Records released the soundtrack album with music by David Newman which its score was a reminiscent of the 50s B-movie scores composed by Henry Mancini such as The Creature from the Black Lagoon and Tarantula.
However, on 22 August 1972, the Victoria Daily Times reported that two local teens claimed to have been chased from the beach at Thetis lake by a creature which roughly resembled Gill-man from the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Movies filmed in Wakulla Springs and river include several Tarzan movies, starring Johnny Weissmuller, and Creature from the Black Lagoon.
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Antonio Moreno is the granduncle of horror/fantasy author Nicholas Grabowsky, to which a related biography is slated for late 2009/early 2010 in conjunction with the release of the Creature From the Black Lagoon remake by Universal Pictures.
Characters in the novel reference several water-themed films, including Jaws (film) and Creature from the Black Lagoon, the latter being used to describe the mutants found inhabiting the isolated Best Western.
Don Megowan (May 24, 1922 – June 26, 1981) was an American actor best known for playing the Gill-man on land in The Creature Walks Among Us, the final part of the Creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy.
This title should not to be confused with Williams Pinball Classics (2001) by Encore, Inc. that features four tables (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Black Rose and Lost World) for Windows.
He appeared in a number of horror and science fiction films, including three 3-D films: The Maze (1953) and the classics It Came from Outer Space (1953) with Barbara Rush, Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) with Julia Adams, and The Magnetic Monster.
He moved into movies in 1954, playing the underwater role of the Gill-man in Creature from the Black Lagoon (while Ben Chapman played the monster on land), a feat he repeated in two sequels.
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He is best known for his underwater stunt work, playing the Gill-man in Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among Us.
The Magnetic Monster marked Carlson's initial foray into sci-fi and horror and he would follow it with several better known titles that would forever associate him with that genre: It Came from Outer Space (1953), The Maze (1953), Riders to the Stars (1954), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), and such TV series as Thriller and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.