In 1954, the monster horror movieCreature From The Black Lagoonwas released.

Creature From The Black Lagoonfollows a group of scientists who find a piscine amphibious humanoid in the Amazon.

With the Saw, Conjuring, and Insidious franchises, Malignant’s James Wan made himself a horror legend.

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Among the many moviesCreature From The Black Lagoonhas influenced is Guillermo del TorosThe Shape of Water.

Sources:CNET,The Verge.

Pan’s Labyrinth’s Faun, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and the Amphibian Man from The Shape of Water

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Creature from the Black Lagoon is a Universal creature feature that sees a group of scientists on a mission in the Amazon, who soon find that they’re not alone. Roaming in the swampland with them is a mysterious humanoid creature with amphibious traits who becomes infatuated with a female scientist, but it’s appearance strikes fear into the hearts of the intrepid explorers, leading to grave danger as a result.

The Gill-man looking straight up in Creature from the Black Lagoon

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The Creature wades in the water in Creature from The Black Lagoon.

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Creature from the Black Lagoon

The Shape of Water