Michael Herz, | Gross: Directed by Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon. A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. "Monster") is a 2006 South Korean monster film, directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung.The movie concerns a monster kidnapping a man's daughter, and his attempts to rescue her. | | Bong Joon Ho Frankenstein is a 1931 horror monster film from Universal Pictures directed by James Whale and adapted from the play by Peggy Webling, which in turn is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Mary Shelley. The technical team and animators found new ways to render fur and cloth realistically for the film. The film's original 23-minute finale, based on the musical's ending, was rewritten and reshot after receiving a strong negative reception from test audiences. Terence Fisher Director: In 1975, Creature from the Black Lagoon was re-released to theaters in the inferior red-and-blue-glasses anaglyph 3-D format, which was also used for a 1980 home video release on Beta and VHS videocassettes.The film is considered a classic of the 1950s and generated two sequels: Revenge of the Creature (1955), which was also filmed and released in 3-D in hopes of reviving the format, and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956), filmed in 2-D. In 2008, it was ranked as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre by the American Film Institute, and as the 33rd greatest movie of all time by Empire magazine.The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of novels, comic books, video games, and toys. | Nightbreed (also Night Breed on publicity material) is a 1990 American fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella Cabal. Warwick Davis, Sam Raimi Harryhausen had inherited the project from his mentor Willis O'Brien, the special effects master behind the original King Kong, who had planned to make The Valley of Gwangi decades earlier and died six years before this completed film was realized. After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem. $40.10M. A team of nine, they each belong to a different type of vehicle from speeding car to helicopter, with the personalities to match. Stars: After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun. Jane Randolph, Votes: $2.20M. The prototypical summer blockbuster, its release is regarded as a watershed moment in motion picture history. Action, Horror, Sci-Fi. Horror. 96 min | The cartoon series was short-lived and quickly cancelled. Kieron Moore. 305,808 | Gross: The film was well received by critics, who praised its special effects and Spielberg's direction but criticized the script. A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. | R | Howard Keel, 199,469 Votes:432,311|Gross:$341.27M. Stars: Oliver Platt, $57.27M. Monster Beach is animated by Studio Moshi in Australia and Inspidea in Malaysia. It was followed by three sequels, none with the participation of Spielberg or Benchley, and many imitative thrillers. | Director: Stars: Carpenter considers The Thing to be the first part of his Apocalypse Trilogy, followed by Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness. The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde. Stars: 159,347 Raimi and the cast produced the short film Within the Woods as a "prototype" to build the interest of potential investors, which secured Raimi US$90,000 to produce The Evil Dead. We resolved early on to rule out zombies, which are basically just vitally challenged people, and vampires, largely because that genre’s good for a whole separate feature on its own, and we wanted to make room for all the killer rabbits, killer plants, killer fish and killer dessert foods this list demanded. Director: James Whale It was directed and co-edited by Joe Dante and starred Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele, and Dick Miller. A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters. Industrial Light & Magic created the visual effects sequences, which led to a revolutionary breakthrough with digital morphing technology. In Japanese cinema, such monsters are referred to as Kaiju. Joe Dante With Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Seth Rogen. | Ernest B. Schoedsack Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is. Betsy Baker, Votes: $4.00M. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Directed by Gil Kenan. NYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Zach Galligan, 94 min $17.99M. Horror. The film centers on two monsters — James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and his one-eyed partner and best friend Mike Wazowski – emplo… | 103,897 $39.24M. Fantasy, Horror, Thriller. 88 min | Selma Blair, John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton were the executive producers. Initial critical reaction to Predator was negative, with criticism focusing on the thin plot. | 91 min Hellraiser was No. It has two sequels, Basket Case 2 (1990) and Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991) by the same director. The make-up artist was Jack Pierce. Bradford Dillman, Director: Rouben Mamoulian The director revised the ending of the film to be darker than the novella's ending, a change to which King was amenable. $8.86M. John Hallam, Votes: | Gross: Mia Sara, Rory Calhoun, Directed by Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich. | The animated Hotel Transylvania franchise takes classic movie monsters and makes them kid-friendly, and while Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the best-reviewed of the bunch so far, it still falls a bit short of its peers in the genre. On August 15, 2013, the film was announced to be used as the seventh maze to be featured at Universal Orlando Resort's annual Halloween Horror Nights event in 2013. 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