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This past February saw the passing of legendary Florida Man Ricou Browning is best known for embodying the “Gill Man” in the underwater passages of Jack Arnold’s classic CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON as well as its two sequels. We here at 124 S. 3rd Street wanted to pay homage to Browning’s less-known forays behind the camera as director and screenwriter, respectively.
This is not a career survey; Browning’s most famous creative work is probably the beloved dolphin franchise FLIPPER, which began as a theatrical film and was later adapted to television (before the infamous 1995 reboot with Elijah Wood and Isaac Hayes.) But these two films – the hate-filled grindhouse epic MR. NO LEGS and the bizarro-brain mutant crab thriller ISLAND CLAWS – both speak to Browning’s status as a pillar of Florida filmmaking, sure to offer delight and repulsion in equal measure on the last of these hot summer nights.