Julie Adams appears in a famously revealing and sensual bathing suit.

It is implied that the Creature has a physical attraction to Kate.

Kate is at the center of a love triangle, with two male characters vying for her affection, for much of the film.

Men appear bare chested though out the film.

There are scenes of men wearing skimpy swimming trunks

A fistfight breaks out between two of the characters.

The creature kills about five people during the film. The deaths are shown offscreen.

Some very minor blood from the creature attacks. The creature has harpoons stuck in his torso and is also set on fire.

Cigarettes and pipes.

Various scenes of the creature reaching for someone (usually the girl) or suddenly appearing.

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The Creature attack sequences can be intense, with startling music and loud, frightening sound effects.

A famous scene where Kate swims on the surface of the lagoon, while the Creature swims below her. The scene takes place in daylight, and is balletic in its staging, but can still be very suspenseful, with the Creature swimming directly beneath the unaware girl, occasionally reaching for her leg with its claws.