The Creature Walks Among Us is the third and final instalment of the Creature from the Black Lagoon horror film series from Universal-International, following 1955's Revenge of the Creature. The film was directed by John Sherwood, the longtime Universal-International assistant director, in his directorial debut. Jack Arnold who had directed the first two films in the series, had moved on to "A-list" films and had felt he had no more to contribute to the horror genre.