Nonureva
Really Surprised!
Flyerplesys
Perfectly adorable
Gutsycurene
Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
poe-48833
THE SHE CREATURE has going for it one of the greatest monster costumes ever (rarely) seen- and the voluptuous Marla English (who makes the movie tolerable whenever the Creature's not on screen). Tom Conway's the Big Name Star slumming this time around, but his death makes for one of the movie's better scenes, so all is forgiven. Lance Fuller as "Ted" is the unsung star of this one: watch his eyes as they widen when he's told: "They'll swallow it, they'll swallow it whole- and they'll LOVE it..." Paul Blaisdell's Creatures were ALWAYS worth seeing, even if the movies in which they (rarely) appeared weren't. THE SHE CREATURE is an excellent example.
Rainey Dawn
Dr. Carlo Lombardi is a hypnotist and claims to be able to help people with regression and to prove reincarnation. Dr. Ted Erickson call's Dr. Lombardi a fraud and wants to prove it. What happens next is horrifying for Andrea Talbott / Elizabeth Wetherby and others... Andrea/Elizabeth regresses back, way back to her first incarnation: a She-Beast! Don't take this one seriously - just watch this one as a fun piece of cinema and you might enjoy it (to a degree at least). I personally like this film - it's not perfect, it's entertainment.Not a bad B-film but it's not the best of the 1950s B sci-fi horror films but it is entertaining in it's way.Someone said this film is (Creature from the Black Lagoon) Gill-man's girlfriend - and I will have to agree. LOL.6/10
preppy-3
POSSIBLE PLOT SPOILERS!!!! Hypnotist Dr. Lombardi (Chester Morris) puts his assistant Andrea (Marla English) into a deep sleep. When this happens her thing in a past life (the title creature) comes out of the sea and kills people. Lombardi knows this and "predicts" the killings. Dr. Ted Erickson (Lance Fuller) thinks Lombardi is a fraud and tries to prove it. He also falls in love with Andrea which bothers Lombradi a LOT.... Absolutely ridiculous story but this isn't a total bomb. Some of the discussions on reincarnation and past lives are interesting, there's good direction and a really eerie music score. Also the creature itself has become one of the legends of horror movies. It looks pretty scary and has HUGE breasts!!!! You just have to laugh when the creature attacks people--and they just stand there and do NOTHING so it can kill them! The acting wavers. Fuller seems to be (wisely) kidding the material but isn't bad. Morris is VERY serious (and dull). English is just stunningly beautiful and very good in a tricky role. Tom Conway shows up in a small role and has fun with the material.So--this has its good points but the silly story and slow pace really wears you down. Worth catching at least once for the monster. I give it a 3.
bensonmum2
With the assistance of hypnotist Dr. Carlo Lambardi (Chester Morris), Andrea Talbott (Marla English) is capable of regressing through a series of past lives. Some, like English maiden Elizabeth Wetherby, are quite innocuous. But Dr. Lambardi takes Andrea even further back – back to a time before humans existed. He takes her back to an amphibious creature that would someday become Andrea. But there are consequences. When Andrea regresses to this She-Creature, somehow it's capable of making the journey back to the present with her. A series of murders up and down the coast are proof. Andrea wants to escape from Lambardi and his powerful control over her. But is his control as powerful as the She-Creature? What an uneventful way to spend 77 minutes. The She-Creature is dull all the way through. I can't think of anything much duller than watching someone being hypnotized over and over and over. The cast doesn't help much. Chester Morris isn't much of a threat as the baddie. Lance Fuller makes for the most "do nothing" lead I've seen – unless you call staring blankly into space doing something. Finally, while I've always enjoyed Tom Conway's work, The She-Creature gives him little to do and Conway makes the most of it, sleepwalking his way to a paycheck. The only two positives worth noting are the creature special effects (very nicely done and far better than anything you would expect to find in a movie like The She-Creature) and the sight of Marla English in a sweater.Unless you're able to catch the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of The She-Creature, my advice would be steer clear of this one.
