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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  1. 178 new

    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 164 new

    King Kong

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 152 new

    The Mummy

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 187 new

    The Cabin in the Woods

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 168 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  6. 143 new

    Anaconda

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  7. 175 new

    The Mist

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 81 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 186 new

    Super 8

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 82 new

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    1975, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 136 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 191 new

    Pacific Rim

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  13. 171 new

    Beowulf

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  14. 194 new

    Godzilla

    2014, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 147 new

    Starship Troopers

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 182 new

    Splice

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  17. 169 new

    Silent Hill

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 161 new

    Hellboy

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  19. 89 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 114 new

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 133 new

    Troll 2

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 162 new

    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 157 new

    Jeepers Creepers

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  24. 150 new

    Deep Blue Sea

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  25. 108 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 121 new

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 111 new

    Gremlins

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 193 new

    The Babadook

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 160 new

    Eight Legged Freaks

    2002, in 1 top list Check
  30. 149 new

    The Faculty

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 183 new

    Monsters

    2010, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 185 new

    Attack the Block

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 170 new

    Slither

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 132 new

    Tremors

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 173 new

    D-War

    2007 — a.k.a. Dragon Wars: D-War, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 79 new

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 140 new

    Species

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 167 new

    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 142 new

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 201 new

    Kong: Skull Island

    2017, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 151 new

    Lake Placid

    1999, in 1 top list Check
  42. 154 new

    Pitch Black

    2000, in 1 top list Check
  43. 166 new

    Black Sheep

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 116 new

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 124 new

    Killer Klowns from Outer Space

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 6 new

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 181 new

    Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 179 new

    The Ruins

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  49. 112 new

    The Toxic Avenger

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 88 new

    Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!

    1978, in 1 top list Check
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