black lagoon
Dark shallow waters
Black lagoon refers to a dark, stagnant body of water, often murky and overgrown—the kind of place horror movies use to suggest hidden dangers lurking beneath the surface.
The phrase gained cultural weight from the 1954 film *Creature from the Black Lagoon*, making it shorthand for any mysterious, primordial swamp: The pond behind the house had become a black lagoon of algae and mosquitoes.
- creatureLiving, sentient entity
- creature featureFilm showcasing a beast
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- murkyDark and unclear
- darkAbsence of light
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