Review – Revenge of the Creature

Well, they had the left-over suit from The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Why not give it another try? This sequel starts with our “heroes” capturing the creature by dynamiting the river where he lives (perhaps later they can jacklight Bigfoot). Once he’s captured, it’s off to a theme park in Florida, where the Gill Man becomes a big attraction. But those pesky scientists just can’t stop messing with him, performing cruel operant conditioning nonsense on him until it drives him to break his chains and run amuck in the park before escaping into the sea. Rather than just swim the hell away from the place, however, the creature sticks around to see if he can get a shot at running away with the love interest. Overall this is a typical first sequel, not as good as the original but better than number three (except for the underwater cinematography, which was actually better in both of the other two). Mildly amusing