Monster films are about characters trying to survive a monster as it terrorizes them. The earliest films were based off books. Monsters don't just come out of thin air and are often the result of something we (humans) have done. Like an experiment gone wrong or the destruction of their crypt.
Films[]
Below are some examples of Monster films:
- Category:Zombie films
- Category:Vampire films
- Category:Werewolf films
- Category:Classic and mythological films
- Category:Giant monster films
- Category:Alien films
- Category:Neo-Monster films
- Category:Animals and nature films
- Category:Small creature films
- Land of the Dead (2005)
- Day of the Dead (1985)
- Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Diary of the Dead (2007)
- 28 Days Later (2002)
- 28 Weeks Later (2007)
- 2-Headed Shark Attack (2012)
- 30 Days of Night (2007)
- Aatank (1996)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- Aberration (1997)
- Alien (1979)
- Alien Resurrection (1997)
- Aliens (1986)
- Alien 3 (1992)
- Alien vs. Predator (2004)
- Crocodile (1979)
- Crocodile (2000)
- DeepStar Six (1989)
- Godzilla (1998)
- Jaws 3-D (1983)
- Jeepers Creepers II (2003)
- King Cobra
- Lake Placid (1999)
- Lake Placid 2 (2007)
- Monster Dog (1984)
- Raptor (2001)
- Them! (1954)
- There's Nothing Out There (1991)
- Tremors (1990)
- Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
- Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
- Uninvited (1988)
- Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- Creatures from the Abyss (1994)
- Godzilla (2014)
- Jeepers Creepers (2001)
- Leviathan (1989)
- Monster Island (2004)
- Monstroid (1980)
- Forbidden World (1982)
- Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)
- Sleepwalkers (1992)
- Spiders II: Breeding Ground
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
- Xtro (1982)
- Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1991)
- Dog Soldiers (2002)
- Full Eclipse (1993)
- Howling III: The Marsupials (1987)
- Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
- V/H/S (2012)
- Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- Dead Snow (2009)
- Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
- Evil Dead (2013)
- Forbidden Siren (2006)
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
- Fury of the Wolfman (1972)
- House of Frankenstein (1944)
- Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)
- Jaws (1975)
- Life After Beth (2014)
- Maneater (2007)
- Plan 9 from Outer Space
- REC (2007)
- REC 2 (2009)
- REC 3: Genesis (2012)
- REC 4 (2014)
- Resident Evil (2002)
- Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
- World War Z (2013)
- Zombi 2 (1979)
- They Live (1988)
- Frankenstein (1910)
- Genuine
- Nosferatu (1922)
- Dracula (1931)
- Man-Made Monster (1941)
- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Piranha (1978)
- Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Anaconda (1997)
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Godzilla (1954)
- Critters (1986)
- Pumpkinhead (1988)
- Predator (1987)
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Predators (2010)
- Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)
- Jack Frost (1997)
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
- Piranha 3D (2010)
- Ginger Snaps (2000)
- Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed (2003)
- Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- Jurassic Shark (2012)
- Bait (2012)
- Deep Rising (1998)
- Feast (2005)
- Slither (2006)
- Species (1995)
- Species II (1998)
- Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
- Hellraiser (1987)
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
- Razorback (1984)
- Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds (2008)
- Basket Case (1982)
- Cujo (1983)
- Piranha 3DD (2012)
- Jaws 2 (1978)
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
- Category:Undead films
- Category:Virus films
- Feast 3: The Happy Finish (2009)
- Doom (2005)
- Silent Hill (2006)
- Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1993)
- Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
- Dead Birds (2004)
- Beneath (2013)
- Black Water (2007)
- Carnosaur (1993)
- Carnosaur 2 (1995)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
- Dark Floors (2008)
- Rogue (2007)
- Alligator (1980)
- Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
- B.C. (2013)
- Prophecy (1979)
- Black Sheep (2007)
- Zombieland (2009)
- Beware! The Blob (1972)
- Quarantine (2008)
- Cursed (2005)
- Fright Night (1985)
- Blade II (2002)
- Underworld (2003)
- Underworld: Evolution (2006)
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
- Creepshow (1982)
- Evil Dead II (1987)
- Arachnophobia (1990)
- Stephen King's It (1990)
- Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991)
- Chupacabra: Dark Seas (2005)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- Category:Godzilla films
- Dam Sharks (2016)
- Ice Sharks (2016)
- 3-Headed Shark Attack (2015)
- Planet of the Sharks (2016)
- Rawhead Rex (1986)
- Deep Blue Sea (1999)
- Apollo 18 (2011)
- Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)
- Ghost Shark (2013)
- Dreamcatcher (2003)
- Gremlins (1984)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- From Beyond (1986)
- Invasion of the Saucer-Men (1957)
- Quatermass 2 (1957)
- Deathdream (1974)
- Reptilicus (1961)
- Gorgo (film)
- Konga (film)
- I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
- Grizzly (1976)
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
- Orca (1977)
- Trilogy of Terror (1975)
- Army of Darkness (1992)
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
- Creature from Black Lake (1976)
- Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
- Tarantula! (1955)
- It Conquered the World (1956)
- Night of the Demon (1980)
- Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
- Fiend Without a Face (1958)
- Darkness Falls (2003)
- Day of the Animals (1977)
- It Came from Outer Space (1953)
- Bad Taste (1987)
- Beginning of the End (1957)
- Bride of the Monster (1955)
- Trog (1970)
- List of deaths in The Slayer (1982)
- Warbirds
- Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
- House of Dracula (1945)
- List of deaths in The Bone Snatcher
- List of deaths in Grotesque (1988)
- Overlord (2018)
- Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- The Abomination (1986)
- The Bat People (1974)
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
- The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955)
- The Beast Within (1982)
- The Birds (1963)
- The Black Sleep (1956)
- The Blob (1958)
- The Brides of Dracula (1960)
- The Church (1989)
- The Company of Wolves (1984)
- The Deadly Mantis (1957)
- The Deadly Spawn (1983)
- The Eden Formula (2006)
- The Evil Dead (1981)
- The Faculty (1998)
- The Fly (1958)
- The Fly (1986)
- The Fly II (1989)
- The Giant Behemoth (1959)
- The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
- The Golem (1915)
- The Host (2006)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed up Zombies (1964)
- The Killer Shrews (1959)
- The Mist (2007)
- The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Mummy (1959)
- The Mummy (2017)
- The Night Flier (1997)
- The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- The Pyramid (2014)
- The Relic (1997)
- The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- The Ruins (2008)
- The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
- The She-Creature (1956)
- Snow Creature (1954)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- Category:Films with creatures
- The Thing (1982)
- The Black Scorpion (1957)
- Mimic (1997)
- Santa Jaws (2018)
- The Ritual (2017)
- The Mummy (1999)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- Monster House (2006)
- Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
- The Sand (2015)
- Blood Beach (1981)
- A Quiet Place (2018)
- Frankenweenie
- Lavalantula (2015)
- King Kong (2005)
- The Shallows
- It (2017)
- Pitch Black (2000)
- Bones (2001)
- Spookies (1986)
- Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy (2005)
- Blood for Dracula (1974)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
- The Rift (1990)
- The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
- The Gorilla (1939)
- The Meg
- The Abominable Snowman (1957)
- The Gate (1987)
- Critters 2: The Main Course (1988)
- Critters 3 (1991)
- Critters 4 (1992)
- 47 Meters Down (2017)
- The Predator (2018)
- The Thing (2011)
- 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- The Astounding She-Monster (1958)
- Braindead (1992)
- Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
- Vampire Bats (2005)
- Split Second (1992)
- Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
- The Beyond (1981)
- Phantoms (1998)
- The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
- Revenge of the Creature (1955)
- Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018)
- Category:Mummy films
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
- Curse of the Demon (1957)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
- The Maze 3D (1953)
- Slender Man (film)
- Virus (1999)
- Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
- Altered (2006)
- Pandorum (2009)
- Dagon (2001)
- Frankenstein's Army (2013)
- Necromentia (2009)
- Under the Bed (2012)
- The Burrowers (2008)
- 51 (2011)
- Scream of the Banshee (2011)
- The Blackout (2009)
- The Lost Tribe (2010)
- Heartless (2009)
- The Devil's Chair (2007)
- Seventh Moon (2008)
- Prowl (2010)
- 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
- Underwater (2020)
- An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)
- Annihilation (2018)
- Bird Box (2018)
- Blade (1998)
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- The Fishmen and Their Queen (1995)
- Blue Monkey (1987)
- Route 666 (2001)
- Tremors: Shrieker Island
- Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
- The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
- The Descent (2005)
- The Vampire Lovers (1970)
- Project Metalbeast (1995)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
- Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)
- Prometheus (2012)
- Category:Dinosaur films
- The Being (1981)
- Swamp Thing (1982)
- The Return of Swamp Thing
- Killer Crocodile (1989)
- Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995)
- TerrorVision (1986)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- The Brain (1988)
- Ghoulies (1985)
- Dinocroc (2004)
- Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor (1990)
- Night Train to Terror (1985)
- Q (1982)
- Silver Bullet (1985)
- Graveyard Shift (1990)
- Slugs (1988)
- Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987)
- The Pit (1981)
- C.H.U.D. (1984)
- Night of the Demons (1988)
- House (1986)
- Without Warning (1980)
- The Gate II: Trespassers (1990)
- Deadly Eyes (1982)
- Creature (1985)
- Demons (1985)
- Galaxy of Terror (1981)
- The Green Slime (1968)
- The Alien Factor (1978)
- Nightbeast (1982)
- Galaxy Invader (1985)
- Creepshow 2 (1987)
- C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989)
- The Blob (1988)
- The Boogens (1981)
- Intersect (2020)
- The Terror Within (1989)
- The Terror Within II (1991)
- Spasms (1983)
- The Food of the Gods (1976)
- Contamination (1980)
- Creepozoids (1987)
- The VelociPastor (2011)
- Red Riding Hood (2011)
- The Golem (1920)
- Boogeyman (2005)
- Category:Sea monster films
- Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
- Creep (2004)
- Category:Mutant films
- Category:Killer animal films
- Octopus (2000)
- De Griezelbus (2005)
- Chillers (1987)
- Castle Freak (1995)
- A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
- Krampus (2015)
- Alien: Covenant (2017)
- Sputnik (2020)
- Doom Annihilation (2019)
- The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
- The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
- Splice
- Life (2017)
- Alone in the Dark (2005)
- Robot Monster (1953)
- Dark Shadows (2012)
- Python (2000)
- Carny (2009)
- Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (2006)
- Red Clover (2012)
- Rock Monster (2008)
- It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
- Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)
- Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009)
- Infestation (2009)
- Mansquito (2005)
- Piranhaconda (2012)
- Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)
- Python 2 (2002)
- The Toxic Avenger (1984)
- Frankenfish (2004)
- King Dinosaur
- Man-Thing (2005)
- The Monster Squad (1987)
- Hellboy (film)
- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
- Category:Bogeyman films
- Daybreakers (2009)
- Demons 2 (1986)
- The Curse of the Aztec Mummy (1957)
- Ice Spiders (2007)
- Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006)
- Shapeshifter (2005)
- Critters Attack! (2019)
- The Void (2016)
- Attack The Block (2011)
- Animal (2014)
- Trick 'r Treat (2007)
- Bad Moon (1996)
- Biohazard (1985)
- Cellar Dweller (1988)
- Things (1989)
- Demon Knight (1995)
- Ghoulies II (1987)
- Troll (1986)
- Primeval (2007)
- Sharktopus (2010)
- The Frighteners (1996)
- Clown (2014)
- Wild Country (2005)
- Up from the Depths (1979)
- Parasite (1982)
- Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go To College (1990)
- Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
- Food of the Gods II (1989)
- The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
- Island of Terror (1966)
- The Day of the Triffids (1962)
- Nightbreed (1990)
- Prey (2022)
- Day the World Ended (1955)
- Demon Island (2002)
- The Crawling Eye (1958)
- The Giant Claw (1957)
- Sting of Death (1966)
- Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)
- The Nest (1988)
- Snowbeast (1977)
- From Hell It Came (1957)
- The Angry Red Planet (1959)
- The Ape (1940)
- Blood Freak (1972)
- Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
- It's Alive! (1974)
- The Howling (1981)
- Scooby-Doo
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- Empire of the Ants (1977)
- The Mole People (1956)
- The Monolith Monsters (1957)
- Goosebumps (2015)
- Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
- The Monster and the Girl (1941)
- Dracula Untold (2014)
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
- Category:Films with Skeletons