The Creature Walks Among Us

The Creature Walks Among Us

A city screams in terror!

1956 · 79 min · ★ 5.4 · Horror, Science Fiction

Scientists surgically transform the Creature into an air-breather, but being able to live on land is not enough to make him comfortable with humans. Enraged, he turns his wrath on anyone who comes near as he desperately tries to return to the deep-water world where he truly belongs.

Directed by John Sherwood · Written by Arthur A. Ross

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