Let's move our classic horror spotlight up a couple of decades this time to the year 1954. A time when atomic spawned monsters were beginning to invade our drive-ins, and when 3-D was all the rage. And into the midst of all this horror swam a creature who was actually a throw-back to a prehistoric age, a creature who lived hidden away in a lost lagoon...
Today's bonus takes a look at how the Creature was tied in with another fad. In the late 80's and early 90's there was a resurgence of interest in pinball machines, but this time around they were full of all the bells and whistles that the manufacturers could pack in. And there was ususally some attempt to tie the machines to some other concept, to give each one a "theme". Certainly Universal, who has never been shy about liscensing their monsters was not going to miss out on this windfall, so in 1992, the Creature from the Black Lagoon pinball machine hit the arcade floors, ready to terrorize everyone out of their quarters...
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