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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The Lost World
1925, in 6 top lists Check -
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Island of Lost Souls
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Mighty Joe Young
1949, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954, in 1 top list Check -
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Sora no daikaijû Radon
1956 — a.k.a. Rodan, in 1 top list Check -
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Caltiki il mostro immortale
1959 — a.k.a. Caltiki, the Immortal Monster, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dinosaurus!
1960, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mysterious Island
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jason and the Argonauts
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
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Mad Doctor of Blood Island
1968 — a.k.a. Blood Doctor, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Twilight People
1972, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
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At the Earth's Core
1976, in 1 top list Check -
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Xing xing wang
1977 — a.k.a. The Mighty Peking Man, in 0 top lists Check -
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Clash of the Titans
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
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Dragonslayer
1981, in 1 top list Check -
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Galaxy of Terror
1981 — a.k.a. Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror, in 1 top list Check -
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Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
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Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
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Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen
1995 — a.k.a. Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, in 1 top list Check -
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Anaconda
1997, in 1 top list Check -
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Deep Rising
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Mummy
1999, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Descent
2005, in 4 top lists Check -
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King Kong
2005, in 6 top lists Check -
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Beowulf
2007, in 1 top list Check -
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Rogue
2007, in 1 top list Check -
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Pacific Rim
2013, in 1 top list Check -
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Willow Creek
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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Kong: Skull Island
2017, in 2 top lists Check
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