Packet 6: Tossup 11

Description acceptable. Apocryphally, Ingmar Bergman watched a film about this character each year to celebrate his birthday. Clint Eastwood debuted (-5[1])in the second film about (15[1])this character, who was played uncredited by Ben Chapman and Ricou Browning. (15[2])Herman Stein’s (-5[1])three-note leitmotif frequently accompanies menacing close-ups (15[1])on (15[1])this character’s hand. For over 50 (15[1])years, Bud Rushmore falsely claimed sole credit for this character’s design over animator Milicent Patrick, partially due to jealousy of the film’s marketing branding her as the (*) “Beauty Who Created the Beast.” (-5[1])The legend of the Yacuruna inspired this character, who kidnaps a scientist (-5[1])played by Julie Adams in a 1954 Jack (10[1])Arnold film filmed in 3D and set in the Amazon. For 10 points, Guillermo Del Toro’s The (10[1])Shape of Water (10[1]-5[1])is an homage to what amphibious Universal (10[1])monster? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: The Gill-Man [accept Creature from the Black Lagoon; accept descriptions of the amphibious monster or beast from the Black Lagoon]
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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Superpower %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Absolute Cinema - Canada2025-11-082100%0%50%50%84.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Chicago Open2025-11-085100%0%40%40%87.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Minnesota2025-11-082100%0%0%0%121.50
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (1)2025-11-083100%0%67%0%76.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (2)2025-11-165100%0%20%40%112.20