FrightFest Guide: Monster Movies
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"Monsters have been a part of human culture since we first gained the ability to tell stories. They represent everything from our deepest fears to our feelings of alienation and estrangement. From its beginnings, the cinema has provided a venue to visualize monsters in all their fearsome and sometimes strangely sympathetic glory. They have become some of the movies' most unforgettable, enduring and popular characters. And now the entire spectrum of screen creatures is gathered in one volume.
In The Frightfest Guide to Monster Movies, celebrated writer, editor and critic Michael Gingold starts in the silent era and traces the history of the genre all the way through to the present day. From Universal Studios legends such as Frankenstein's Monster and the Mummy, to the big bugs, atomic mutants and space invaders that terrorized the '50s, to the kaiju of Japan and the ecological nightmares of the '70s and '80s, to the CG creatures and updated favourites of recent years ― they're all here.
200 of the greatest creature features from across the globe are reviewed, with fascinating facts and critical analysis, all illustrated with a ghoulish gallery of remarkable monstrous imagery. Cult-favourite filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, creator of some of the screen's most idiosyncratic and bizarre beings, contributes a foreword, A whole world and grisly galaxy of creatures great and small, spawned from space, the supernatural and strange science, the beginning of time, beneath the sea and beyond imagination, await in this book. Dare you confront the beasts within?"
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20 Million Miles to Earth
1957 — a.k.a. The Beast from Space, in 2 top lists Check -
34 new
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
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Abominable
2006, in 0 top lists Check -
89 new
Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
87 new
The Alien Factor
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
114 new
Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
92 new
Alligator
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Amazing Colossal Man
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
143 new
Anaconda
1997, in 1 top list Check -
83 new
At the Earth's Core
1976, in 1 top list Check -
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
1958, in 1 top list Check -
28 new
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
88 new
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
1978, in 1 top list Check -
185 new
Attack the Block
2011, in 2 top lists Check -
193 new
The Babadook
2014, in 4 top lists Check -
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Baby Blood
1990 — a.k.a. The Evil Within, in 1 top list Check -
102 new
Basket Case
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
103 new
The Beast Within
1982, in 1 top list Check -
44 new
Behemoth the Sea Monster
1959 — a.k.a. The Giant Behemoth, in 0 top lists Check -
171 new
Beowulf
2007, in 1 top list Check -
80 new
La bête
1975 — a.k.a. The Beast, in 4 top lists Check -
189 new
Big Ass Spider!
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
29 new
The Black Scorpion
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
166 new
Black Sheep
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
36 new
The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
122 new
The Blob
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
93 new
Blood Beach
1980, in 0 top lists Check -
69 new
Blood Freak
1972, in 2 top lists Check -
96 new
The Boogens
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
123 new
Brain Damage
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
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Bride of the Monster
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
90 new
The Brood
1979, in 5 top lists Check -
159 new
Bubba Ho-Tep
2002, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 — a.k.a. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, in 6 top lists Check -
177 new
The Burrowers
2008, in 1 top list Check -
110 new
C.H.U.D.
1984, in 1 top list Check -
187 new
The Cabin in the Woods
2011, in 4 top lists Check -
43 new
Caltiki il mostro immortale
1959 — a.k.a. Caltiki, the Immortal Monster, in 0 top lists Check -
97 new
Clash of the Titans
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
178 new
Cloverfield
2008, in 3 top lists Check -
197 new
Colossal
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
196 new
Córki dancingu
2015 — a.k.a. The Lure, in 2 top lists Check -
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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954, in 1 top list Check -
56 new
The Creeping Terror
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
144 new
The Creeps
1997, in 0 top lists Check -
104 new
Creepshow
1982, in 1 top list Check -
115 new
Critters
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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The Curse of Frankenstein
1957, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Jun 17, 2020;