The Big List of Monster Movies

Just a starting point.

MONSTER MOVIES

30 Days of Night (2007)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Alien Nation (1988)
All Monsters Attack (1969)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
Ape (1976)
Arachnophobia (1990)
A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)
Army of Darkness (1992)
At The Earth’s Core (1976)
Atragon (1963)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Attack of the Super Monsters (1982)
Basket Case (1982)
Beginning of the End (1957)
Beware! The Blob (1972)
Blade (1998)
Blade II (2002)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Candyman (1992)
Child’s Play (1988)
Child’s Play 2 (1990)
Child’s Play 3 (1991)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
C.H.U.D. II – Bud the Chud (1989)
Cloverfield (2008)
Constantine (2005)
Creature from Black Lake (1976)
Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
Critters (1986)
Crocodile (2000)
Crocodile 2 Death Swamp (2002)
Cursed (2005)
Dagon (2001)
Daybreakers (2009)
Day The World Ended (1955)
The Deadly Spawn (1983)
Dogora (1964)
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Dracula (1931)
Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Feast (2005)
Fiend Without A Face (1957)
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2 – Texas Blood Money (1999)
From Dusk Till Dawn 3 – The Hangman’s Daughter (1999)
From Hell It Came (1957)
Gamera (1965)
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys (1999)
Gamera the Brave (2006)
Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
Gamera vs. Jiger [Gamera vs. Monster X] (1970)
Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Ghoulies (1985)
Ghoulies II (1987)
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Gorgo (1961)
Gorath (1962)
Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Godzilla Raids Again [Gigantis: The Fire Monster (US)] (1955)
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) [No Usable JPG poster]
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1992) [No Usable JPG poster]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (1966) [No Usable JPG poster]
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (1994)
The Return of Godzilla (1985)
Godzilla 2000 (1999) [No Usable JPG poster]
Gorath (1962) [No Usable JPG poster]
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2 (1990)
H-Man (1958)
Half Human (1955)
Hatchet (2006)
Hellboy (2004)
Hellboy II – The Golden Army (2008)
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988)
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
House of Dracula (1945)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
It (1990)
IT Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
It Conquered the World (1956)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Jaws (1975)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Jeepers Creepers II (2003)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
King Kong Escapes (1967)
King Kong Lives (1986)
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976)
King Kong (2005)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) [No Usable JPG poster]
Lake Placid (1999)
Leprechaun (1993)
Leprechaun 2 (1994)
Leprechaun 3 (1995)
Leprechaun 4 – In Space (1997)
Matango (1963)
Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus (2009)
Mothra (1961)
The Mighty Gorga (1969) [No Usable JPG poster]
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
Mothra (1961)
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
Mysterious Island (1961)
Nightbreed (1992)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
Night of the Lepus (1972)
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1979)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Piranha (1978)
Piranha Part Two: The Spawning (1981)
Pitch Black (2000)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Predator (1987)
Predator 2 (1990)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
Return Of The Fly (1959)
Revenge Of The Creature (1955)
Rodan (1956)
Salem’s Lot (1979)
Santo vs Frankenstein’s Daughter [Santo Contra La Hija De Frankenstein] (1971)
Santo vs The Vampire Women (1962)
Seed of Chucky (2004)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Sick Girl (2007)
Slither (2006)
Slugs (1988)
Son of Dracula (1943)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Species (1995)
Species II (1998)
Species III (2004)
Species – The Awakening (2007)
Squirm (1976)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Swamp Thing (1982)
Tarantula (1955)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
The Blackout (2009)
The Black Scorpion (1957)
The Blob (1958)
The Blob (1988)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Brood (1979)
The Crawling Eye [The Trollenberg Terror] (1958)
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
The Curse Of The Fly (1965)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Day of the Triffids (1962)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
The Descent (2005)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Fly (1958)
The Fly (1986)
The Fly 2 (1989)
The Gate (1987)
The Giant Claw (1957)
The Host [Gwoemul] (2006)
The Howling (1981)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The Lost World -  Jurassic Park (1997)
The Mighty Peking Man [Goliathon] (1977)
The Mole People (1956)
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
The Mummy – Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
The Mysterians (1957)
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Son of Kong (1933)
The Spider [Earth vs the Spider] (1958)
The Stuff (1985)
The Thing (1982)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
The Three Treasures (1959)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Them! (1954)
They Live (1988)
This Island Earth (1954)
Tremors (1989)
Tremors 2 Aftershocks (1996)
Tremors 3 Back To Perfection (2001)
Tremors 4 The Legend Begins (2004)
Troll (1986)
Troll 2 (1990)
Underworld (2003)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Warlords Of Atlantis (1978)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 (2000)
Willow (1988)
Wishmaster (1997)
Wolf (1994)
Wolfen (1981)
Wyvern (2009)

What Makes A Monster A Monster?

What is a monster? 

Or, what is it about a monster that makes it monstrous? 

It’

s not something that most people think about. 

But while working to compile a list of monster movies for the “100 Years of Monster Movies” event, I’

ve been prompted to consider this question.  Using an internet search engine provides the following results by way of definition: 

1. An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts. 

2. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. 

3. A freak: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed. 

4. A cruel wicked and inhuman person. 

In these modern times, finding resources to help one to define the concept of monstrosity requires one to scroll past results directing you towards products and resources such as energy drinks, equipment cables and job search websites, which provide an interesting insight into the way that the use of the term “monster”

has evolved. 

Using the Internet Movie Database as a search engine, results in 1,544 results, 830 of them being movies.  But I wonder what kind of criteria they’

re using to determine what makes a monster movie? 

“Men in Black”

has a variety of interesting aliens, but is it a monster movie? 

The Stay-Puft marshmallow man from “Ghostbusters” is definitely a monster to be reckoned with, but does that make “Ghostbusters”

a monster movie? 

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is filled with orcs and goblins and walking trees and, of course, the formidable Balrog but does that make the Lord of the Rings series a series of monster movies? 

So, while trying to put together a comprehensive list of monster movies from the past 100 years, I’

ve hit this not inconsiderable barrier.   So I ask you this, and any and all replies and ensuing discussions would be most appreciated. 

What makes a monster movie a monster movie?

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Scott Lefebvre can write about whatever you want him to write about.  Locked in a library for ten years, he’s probably read everything that you’ve read.  He is the author of “Spooky Creepy Long Island” and a contributor to “Forrest J. Ackerman’s Anthology of the Living Dead” as well as several other stories included in upcoming anthologies.  He has reviewed books for Scars Magazine, Icons of Fright, and Fatally Yours, and tours North America as convention manager for FearWerx.

You can contact him at: Scott_Lefebvre@hotmail.com