Creature Features
Fantastic Beasts (And Where Not to Find Them): Monster Movies That Are Pretty Light on the Monster
Audiences are spoiled these days. We like to see what we want to see, when we want to see it. With a resurgence of monster movies of late, I thought it would be interesting to look back through the ge...
Seven Monster Movies That Should Have Spawned Franchises
There are so many great monster movies and creature features in the world of horror. Even when they’re bad, they can be good. They can be fun, entertaining, funny—sometimes even scary, d...
Defining the Creature Feature and its Importance to the Horror Genre
One of the reasons I’ve always found the horror genre to be so special is because there are so many different subgenres within. There is literally something for everybody, whether...
Script to Screen – How Gremlins Became the Ultimate Family Horror Movie
Gremlins is widely regarded as one of the most beloved horror-tinged family films of all time. It’s a fun, exciting adventure movie as well as a holiday classic. Of course, it has its suspensef...
How Carnosaur Beat Jurassic Park to the Punch (We Can’t Believe it Either)
Carnosaur is widely known as a rip off of Jurassic Park. The idea makes sense. After all, Jurassic Park was the biggest hit of 1993 and it built up a lot of hype even before it was released, making it...
Advance Review: Stan Against Evil Season 1
IFC’s latest horror comedy, Stan Against Evil is the latest in a barrage of horror comedy shows released in the last year. With the success of Ash vs The Evil Dead and horror televisio...
Eight Killer Animal Movies That Are Way More Fun Than They Should Be!
There seems to be a general consensus that the killer animal genre peaked with Jaws. And that might be true, but I don’t abstain from watching werewolf movies because An American Werewolf ...
Creature Comforts: The Lost Art of the Monster Movie
Horror fans love monsters. That’s what got many of us into the genre as children. We love to see creatures that don’t exist, that we can imagine existing in our world. Monsters ...
Eight Creature Features That Were Completely Forgotten
Creature features, monster movies, whatever name you attribute to them, they’ve become something of a lost art within the horror genre. They don’t get made anymore, simply because the bu...