A scientific expedition sniffing around in the Amazon awaken the interest of a man in a rubber suit, who proceeds to stalk, kill and kidnap (he's infatuated with the pretty female on board) expedition members.
'Creature From the Black Lagoon' endures as a classic icon from 50s B-movie sci-fi/horror flicks. Every decent DVD library should have this even if it never rents.
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LORD JIM (1965)
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Brooks's adaptation of Conrad's novel, the story of an idealistic young naval officer who is discharged for cowardice and tries to redeem himself by taking some explosives into the unmapped jungles of Sumatra, where he is captured and tortured by a feudal war lord. O'Toole's Jim and Mason's Gentleman Brown discussing the age of the world and the price of evil while sat on a raft in the middle of a fog-bound river is a classic scene, and Freddie Young's photography does for the Asian jungles what
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THE LOST WORLD (1925) (1925)
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The restored version of this original dinosaurs in the jungle adventure based on Arthur Conan Doyle's book. A pioneer for stop-motion animation, the loss, (all known prints and export negatives were destroyed in favour of a sound remake, which became King Kong) and subsequent rediscovery and its restoration are legend. Of historic importance.
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