i watched about 4 minutes of darkness, as i was trying to figure out whether it was shot in native spanish or later overdubbed or a mix. it turns out, in the end, that i didn't care.
i used to hate godzilla vs mechagodzilla 74, but i've watched it twice since the remastered version came out. i think seeing it in the theater as a kid (1978?) ruined it for me. my cousins laughed (rudely) at parts i took seriously, and then, a year or so later, one of them told me how he wanted to "fuck" the azumi princess while it was showing on cable.
creature from the black lagoon is one of the only 50s-era movies of this type that can hold its own with most stuff put out lately. a lot more (good) quasi-science than i remember. faster pace. respectable talent.