![]() What their investigation turns up is far worse than anything they could have imagined, uncovering a massive, dinosaur-like atomic monster that threatens to destroy all of Japan. The first modern kaiju movie (not counting 1933's King Kong), 1954's Godzilla follows a group of Japanese researchers investigating a mysterious, large creature that has attacked several ships and coastal villages. However, when talking about creature features, it's absolutely necessary to mention the monster that started it all: Gojira himself. ![]() Realistically, kaiju movies should have a list of their own, given how large a place (poor attempt at a pun there) they inhabit within the creature feature subgenre. If that doesn’t make you want to watch this iconic Carpenter film, we don't know what will. Plus, it's got one of the best endings to any horror movie, and also has Kurt Russell wearing a sombrero. The frozen tundra setting and the necessity of staying inside brings a wonderful claustrophobic thriller aspect to the film, with the film's script, direction, the amazing soundtrack by the legendary Ennio Morricone, and the performances of the cast involved all making this an unforgettably well-done horror movie. Mixing horror, sci-fi, and a murder mystery, The Thing is a pretty much flawless remake, and one of the most universally popular cult films of all time. In his remake, Carpenter's alien is able to assimilate anything it touches, and is subsequently able to take its physical form as well. ![]() When talking about monster movies, it's impossible not to think of the quintessential creature feature of them all: the 1982 remake of The Thing From Another World, John Carpenter's The Thing.Īn incredibly loose remake of the Howard Hawks original, The Thing takes the central premise of the story–an isolated team of scientists working at an Antarctica (the North Pole in the first movie) research station encounter a hostile alien creature–but adds in elements of mystery and body horror that sets Carpenter's version distinctly apart from the original.
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