Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954

A.H. Weiler, New York Times: This adventure has no depth. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Jack Arnold has a flair for this sort of thing, and if there really is anything frightening about a man dressed up in a rubber suit with zippers where the gills ought to be, Arnold comes close to finding it. Read more

Milton Luban, Hollywood Reporter: It makes for solid horror-thrill entertainment. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: The routine story is mightily improved by Arnold's sure sense of atmospheric locations and by the often sympathetic portrait of the monster. Read more