This was my intro to the Gillman due to a 3D showing of it on local UHF. I still sentimentally love this movie, maybe even more than the original., though I KNOW the original is better. My full review of the trilogy can be found here: https://www.otherworldlyculture.com/archives/5705

A largely disappointing follow-up to 'Creature from the Black Lagoon'. 'Revenge of the Creature' attempts some positives, with an intention to see how the Gill-man behaves, but for the majority it's a repeat of the very good 1954 film - just in the United States, rather than Brazil. It's all pretty lacklustre in my opinion. Neat to have Nestor Paiva, who I liked in the original, back, though he is the only main character (not counting Ricou Browning) to reprise their role. The newbies are alright, though do feel like carbon copies of the '54 trio - Lori Nelson is the pick here. Another cast member is a certain Clint Eastwood, who has a minor if decent cameo for his screen debut here - more on Mr. Eastwood below... Overall, it's a tame sequel. Here's hoping 'The Creature Walks Among Us' improved upon this. -- This marks the start of my Clint Eastwood watchathon. Between now and early February, I'm planning to watch Eastwood's entire acting/directing filmography. Why? Aside from him being a legendary name in cinema, it should also make for a fun journey through film from 1955 to 2021.

Watched the MST3K version, which may have cut some bits, but this was awful. Beyond a couple of ‘exciting’ ‘action’ scenes (which were just funny-bad), it was painfully slow with no real tension or story. It's cool seeing Clint Eastwood in his first movie, but aside from that and the MST3K jokes, this is entirely unremarkable, bland crap. The high-ish rating is probably just propped up by people's nostalgia.

The Gill Man goes on a rampage in _Revenge of the Creature_. After being captured, the Gill Man is taken to a marine center in Florida to be studied, but doesn’t take kindly to being in captivity. Unfortunately the film spends too much time on the romantic melodrama between the scientists; which comes off as incredibly forced and contrived. And the Gill Man loses a bit of his mystique as a captured creature. Still, he gets a couple of good action scenes where he gets to wreck shop and fight people. In typical sequel fashion _Revenge of the Creature_ tries to go bigger and deliver more scares, but it doesn’t really work.

Ranks right up with the other Universal Monsters IMO. My elementary school showed it in the late 60s at a fair they held, still remember it.