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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Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 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 -
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The Thing from Another World
1951, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Robot Monster
1953 — a.k.a. Monster from Mars, in 2 top lists Check -
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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954, in 1 top list Check -
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Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters!
1956, in 1 top list Check -
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Monster from the Ocean Floor
1954 — a.k.a. It Stalked the Monster Floor, in 0 top lists Check -
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Them!
1954, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bride of the Monster
1955, in 0 top lists Check -
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It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955 — a.k.a. Monster from Beneath the Sea, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 — a.k.a. The Creeping Unknown, in 2 top lists Check -
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Tarantula
1955, in 2 top lists Check -
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X the Unknown
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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20 Million Miles to Earth
1957 — a.k.a. The Beast from Space, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Amazing Colossal Man
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Black Scorpion
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Curse of Frankenstein
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Monolith Monsters
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Monster That Challenged the World
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
1958, in 1 top list Check -
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The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Trollenberg Terror
1958 — a.k.a. The Crawling Eye, in 1 top list Check -
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Fiend Without a Face
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Fly
1958, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Hideous Sun Demon
1958, in 0 top lists Check -
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space
1958, in 2 top lists Check -
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It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958 — a.k.a. It! The Vampire from Beyond Space, 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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The Tingler
1959, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dinosaurus!
1960, in 0 top lists Check -
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Konga
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mosura
1961 — a.k.a. Mothra, in 1 top list Check -
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Mysterious Island
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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Reptilicus
1961, in 1 top list Check -
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The Day of the Triffids
1963 — a.k.a. Invasion of the Triffids, in 1 top list Check -
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The Creeping Terror
1964, in 0 top lists Check -
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Die, Monster, Die!
1965 — a.k.a. Monster of Terror, in 0 top lists Check -
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Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon
1965 — a.k.a. Frankenstein vs. Baragon, in 0 top lists Check -
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Gammera the Invincible
1966, in 0 top lists Check -
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Island of Terror
1966 — a.k.a. Night of the Silicates, in 1 top list Check -
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The Green Slime
1968 — a.k.a. After the Destruction of Space Station Gamma: Big Military Operation, in 1 top list 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 Valley of Gwangi
1969 — a.k.a. The Lost Valley, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 — a.k.a. Blood of Frankenstein, in 0 top lists Check -
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Blood Freak
1972, in 2 top lists Check
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