Film Screening: Creature of the Black Lagoon
About this Event
On September 10, 2026, the Gillman returns for an intimate, one-night-only screening of Universal’s 1954 black and white classic in beautifully restored digital 2-D.
Jack Arnold’s Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
September 10, 2026 at 7:00pm
Doors open at 6:30pm
Tickets:
$15 GA Presale: Admission to either 7/23 or 8/20 screening
$10 Student Presale (Use code STUDENT at checkout)
$10 IMSS Member Presale (Use code IMSSMEMBER at checkout)
At Door
$20 at Door
$15 Student at Door
$15 IMSS Member at Door
The International Museum of Surgical Science opened its doors to the public on September 9, 1954. Earlier that same year, Universal introduced moviegoers to another extraordinary specimen: the Gill-man.
The Museum opened in 1954.
The Creature surfaced in 1954.
Seventy-two years later, they are spending their birthday together in the Hall of Immortals. The setting could hardly be more appropriate. Occupying a singular place in movie history as the last great original addition to Universal’s classic monster pantheon, the Gillman arrived after Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, and the Wolf Man had already emerged from the Gothic nightmares of earlier decades. The Creature belonged to a different age. He wasn’t supernatural. He wasn’t resurrected. He wasn’t cursed.
He was biological.
Discovered by scientists and presented as a living evolutionary mystery, the Gillman is a monster conceived through anatomy itself. He is bipedal, with paired limbs, articulated hands, forward-facing eyes, and an unmistakably humanoid body plan. Yet dermal scales, webbed extremities, dorsal fins, and functional gills place that familiar form within an entirely different biological order.
In a museum devoted to anatomy, medicine, and humanity’s centuries-long effort to understand the body, Creature from the Black Lagoon poses a wonderfully uncomfortable question: What happens when science discovers a body it cannot classify?
Bio: Stephanie “La Gialloholique” Sack is a longtime cinephile and devoted enthusiast of high art horror cinema, with a special passion for films from the 20th century. Her love of film centers on exploring the artistry, context, and emotion behind works that have often been overlooked or misunderstood. Known for her thoughtful curation and infectious enthusiasm, Stephanie brings fresh perspectives to audiences eager to rediscover hidden gems of film history, particularly from her favorite genres of Italian Giallo, French Fantastique, and Soviet Sci-Fi. Through her ongoing programming and producing, Stephanie continues to champion films that challenge convention and deserve a second look.
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