Creature from the Black Lagoon was the last monster franchise from Universal's horror golden age, but which of Gill-man's movies is the best?

But they weren’t all winners. In fact, quite a few ’50s monster movies were extremely rough around the edges. But, of those lesser films, some of them continue to hold a compulsively watchable charm.

I hated horror as a kid. Growing up, I didn’t have anyone to introduce me to old black and white films, either. And the only time I saw movies released before I was born was when local TV channels ...