Yes, there's a quick aside here to "The Tingler," if you're observant; an even more fleeting one to the Lon Chaney "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." (And of course the central situation is from "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" - or, perhaps more accurately, the first sequel, "Revenge of the Creature."
So it goes with Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water , an unwieldy mix of Amelie , Hidden Figures , and Revenge of the Creature that’s never as effective or interesting as that may sound.