1:00:03
"We have had two such incidents locally,
one with KTTV, a DuMont affiliate,
1:00:08
and KNBH, the NBC station.
In both instances, it related primarily
1:00:13
to placement between programmes
with juvenile followings."
1:00:16
"We finally won our point with KNBH,
but it took considerable haranguing."
1:00:24
Creature had the same producer,
director, and some writers,
1:00:27
as It Came from Outer Space,
so it isn't surprising that a few echoes
1:00:30
from that plot should turn up.
In It Came from Outer Space,
1:00:32
Carlson was an egghead and a peacenik
who wants the xenomorphs left alone,
1:00:36
and he clashes with the hard-headed
sheriff, culminating in a fistfight.
1:00:41
The relationship between
Carlson and Denning in Creature
1:00:43
develops pretty much the same way,
and they too come to blows,
1:00:46
at almost precisely
the same spot in the picture.
1:00:49
The New York Times,
in their review, complained
1:00:52
"It's an expedition that is necessary only
if a viewer has lost all his comic books."
1:00:56
"The proceedings above and
underwater were filmed in 3-D
1:00:59
to impart an illusion of depth when
viewed through polarised glasses."
1:01:02
"This adventure has no depth."
1:01:04
Variety said "The below-water scraps
between skin-divers and the thing
1:01:08
are thrilling and will pop
goose pimples on the susceptible fan,
1:01:11
as will the close-up scenes
of the scaly creature."
1:01:14
"Arnold's direction has done a first-rate
job of developing chills and suspense."
1:01:19
The Hollywood Reporter:
"Arnold's megging is briskly competent,
1:01:22
but too much time is wasted on
underwater shots which are not novel
1:01:26
or dramatic enough to hold
interest for the entire footage."
1:01:29
We're about to go underwater. This movie
has 18 minutes of underwater footage.
1:01:34
Everybody working underwater
had scuba gear,
1:01:36
but the way Ricou Browning
worked underwater was,
1:01:39
he did what is called hose-breathing. He
knew how to do that long before Creature.
1:01:43
Ricou says that his old boss, Newton
Perry, the manager of Wakulla Spring,
1:01:47
was probably one of the first people
to breathe from a hose underwater,
1:01:50
and he taught Ricou
and other people how to do it.
1:01:53
You'd have an oxygen tank at the bottom,
or, coming from the surface, an air hose.
1:01:58
Ricou could stick the air hose
in his mouth and breathe,