Creatures from the deep, the lab, and the imagination. Monster movie reviews from a lifelong fan of Harryhausen and everything his skeletons inspired.
HorrorNeil Marshall directs the story of six women on a caving expedition trapped in unmapped Appalachian caverns inhabited by predators. The Descent is Neil Marshall's 2005 British horror film depicting six women on a caving expedition who become trapped in…
GothicBoris Karloff plays the creature stitched together from corpses and animated by a scientist who quickly loses control of his creation. Frankenstein is James Whale's 1931 American horror film adapted from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel and the 1927 Peggy Webling…
GothicJames Whale's sequel where the resurrected creature demands a mate, leading the doctor back to his laboratory. Bride of Frankenstein is James Whale's 1935 American horror film, sequel to his 1931 Frankenstein, depicting the resurrected Monster's demand that Dr. Henry…
HorrorThe Wolf Man is George Waggner's 1941 American horror film depicting Larry Talbot, an American returning to his ancestral Welsh village, who is bitten by a werewolf in the local woods and discovers he has been infected with the curse…
Creature FeatureThe Blob exists in two memorable versions. Irvin Yeaworth directed the 1958 original.
Creature FeatureTed Sherdeman wrote, from a story by George Worthing Yates. The film made approximately two million dollars at initial release on a two hundred thousand dollar budget.
AdventureDavid Koepp and Michael Crichton adapted Crichton's 1990 novel. The film made approximately one billion dollars worldwide on a sixty-three million dollar budget.
AnimatedPeter Sallis returned as the voice of Wallace, the cheese-obsessed inventor. Aardman Animations produced the film.
ChristmasGremlins is a Christmas horror comedy disguised as a family film. Steven Spielberg produced it through Amblin Entertainment.
AnimatedThe 10+ rating is honest evaluation. Pete Docter directing his feature debut.
ComedyYoung Frankenstein is one of the great American comedies and the highest achievement in Mel Brooks's filmography. Mel Brooks directed and cowrote the screenplay with Gene Wilder.
ActionThe Mummy trilogy is one of the most enjoyable adventure franchises of the late 1990s and 2000s and one of the more successful examples of what mainstream. Stephen Sommers wrote and directed the first two films.
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