Book Review: The Creature Chronicles

April 25, 2019 by Jon Kitley in Reviews: Horror Reference Book and tagged Ben Chapman, Creature Chronicles, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Creature Walks Among Us, David Schecter, Don McGowan, Jack Arnold, John Agar, Julie Adams, Lori Nelson, Milicent Patrick, Nestor Paiva, Revenge of the Creature, Richard Carlson, Richard Denning, Ricou Browning, Steve Kronenberg, Tom Weaver, Universal Monsters, William Alland | Leave a comment

The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy
Published by McFarland, 2014. 408 pages.
By Tom Weaver, David Schecter, & Steve Kronenberg

This should be a very simple review. If you want to know anything about Creature from the Black Lagoon, or its two sequels, Revenge of the Creature and/or The Creature Walks Among Us, then just buy this book. Just about anything and everything you need to know about those films is in this book. Tom Weaver, along with Schecter and Kronenberg, have researched and compiled so much information, from the cast and crew, premieres, design teams, press, music, down to all the screenwriters involved in them, all here in this book. It even has an introduction by Creature star Julia Adams.

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Horror History – Nestor Paiva

November 19, 2015 by Jon Kitley in Horror History and tagged Nestor Paiva | 1 Comment

Nestor Paiva
Born June 30th, 1905 – Died Sept. 9th, 1966

Paiva is one of those actors that might look familiar but one that you just can’t place. That might have something to do with the fact that Paiva was a great character actor who had over 300 appearances in films and TV throughout his career. He had a natural talent for dialects, so he was always playing a variety of different ethic characters, from Arabs, Spaniards, Italians, Mexicans, Russians, Greeks, and many more. In 1955 alone, he appeared in 5 feature films and 19 TV appearances. Needless to say, he was a busy man.

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