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The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy
Written by Tom Weaver, David Schecter, Steve Kronenberg
Introduction by Julie Adams
Publisher: McFarland | Hardcover
408 Pages | 295 Photos
Release Date: September 29, 2014
Cover Price: $60.00
He was the final addition to Universal’s “royal family” of movie monsters: The Creature from the Black Lagoon. With his scaly armor, razor claws and a face only a mother octopus could love, this Amazon denizen was perhaps the most fearsome beast in the history of Hollywood’s Studio of Horrors. But he also possessed a sympathetic, poignant quality which elevated him fathoms above the many aquatic monsters who swam in his wake.
The culmination of 30 years of research, Tom Weaver‘s book, The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy, is a 408-page tome that documents the history and influence of Jack Arnold’s 1954 film.
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