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Post by gato on Mar 26, 2023 7:20:16 GMT -5
There are certain events in everyone's early life that stand out as "imprinted". As in, "I'll always remember ......". I was 7 or 8 when I went with my older brother to see "The Creature from the Black Lagoon," our first horror movie. By today's standards, a pretty cheesy black and white film, but a stand out for me. Read that the swimming actor, Ricou Browning, who played the title role in that and the sequels has died at 93. RIP Gill Man. i.postimg.cc/C5vq3y42/lagoon.jpg |
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Post by Riff Twang on Mar 26, 2023 12:09:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember that movie. RIP to Mr. Browning.
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 26, 2023 12:19:06 GMT -5
Nowadays, what with Vietnamese manicure salons everywhere, his nails would never go unattended like that... |
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Post by Taildragger on Mar 26, 2023 12:31:22 GMT -5
Unfortunately, we already lost Pete Dunn (who played the Monster of Piedras Blancas) back in 1990.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 26, 2023 12:36:42 GMT -5
Awwww sad. That one scared the bejeebuz out of us kids.
My connection to the film is the boat captain Lucas, played by Nestor Paiva. He was an uncle of my mama's.
He played bit parts in other films and did some TV as well.
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Post by Seldom Seen on Mar 26, 2023 13:08:53 GMT -5
Low budget horror and sci-fi movies were as much a part of my youth as 25-cent/gal gasoline. “Creature” is still one of my favorites. I had a model of it that I hand painted. It terrorized my bedroom for years. Of course the underwater scenes of Julie Adams in a white swimming suit had some impact on me. And, who can forget ubiquitous actor Whit Bissel.
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Post by hushnel on Mar 26, 2023 13:25:38 GMT -5
He had a decent run.
I remember a movie or TV show about a Rabid German Shepard. Scared the heck out of me most of my life.
I once ask the veterinarian if I could get the Rabies shot, I was 8 or 9. Probably why I have always carried fire arms in the wilderness. When I was very young a sling shot or BB gun.
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Post by Ragtop on Mar 26, 2023 14:20:18 GMT -5
I built all the monster models when I was a kid, including the Creature.
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Post by roly on Mar 26, 2023 22:22:04 GMT -5
I think that's one of the better scary monster monsters.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Mar 27, 2023 6:52:31 GMT -5
To this day, I've never seen that movie. The one that got me as a kid was "The Legend of Boggy Creek".
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