Subgenre Sampler
Monster Mash: 139 Films to Buy & Rent
- 25th Reich, The (2013)
- Dir. Stephen Amis
Feat. Jim Knobeloch, Serge De Nardo
- Aussie B–movie genre tribute featuring giant Nazi robot spiders, giant mosquitoes, spaceships, etc.
The plot involves five American GIs…
- Bad Milo! (2013)
- Dir. Jacob Vaughan
Feat. Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Mary Kay Place
- A mild–mannered accountant with bowel problems discovers that a pint–sized demon has moved into his intestinal tract.
Though this…
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi…
- Guillermo Del Toro injects some bravado and visual panache into this otherwise knuckleheaded live–action cartoon about a team of robot pilots…
- Willow Creek (2013)
- Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Alexis Gilmore, Bryce Johnson
- A little bit of Bobcat Goldthwait's genius rubs off on this backwoods horror centred on the Bigfoot legend. While no huge surprises in its makeup, it…
- Grabbers (2012)
- Dir. Jon Wright
Feat. Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey
- A very Irish sense of humour permeates throughout this daffy, if highly entertaining horror comedy, about a mutant strain of creatures who descend on…
- Sector 7 (2011)
- Dir. Ji-hun Kim
Feat. Ji-won Ha, Sung-kee Ahn
- Produced by the director of tidal wave catastrophe HAEUNDAE, this big budget monster movie (Korea's first in 3D) lurches between hokey character…
- El Monstro Del Mar! (2010)
- Dir. Stuart Simpson
Feat. Nelli Scarlet, Karli Madden, Kate Watts
- Three fugitive vixens battle a monster from the deep in this slavishly entertaining ode to the grindhouse exploits of yesteryear, lodged somewhere…
- Nightmare on Elm Street, A (2010)
- Dir. Samuel Bayer
Feat. Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Clancy Brown…
- Stylish, shallow reworking of the classic 80s slasher movie (replete with a music video director at the helm) reins in the smirk and aims for a…
- Troll Hunter (2010)
- Dir. André Øvredal
Feat. Otto Jespersen
- Three college kids who set out to make a documentary about illegal bear hunters encounter more than bargained for in this thrilling Norwegian…
- Chaw (2009)
- Dir. Jeong-won Shin
Feat. Jeong-hwa Eom
- Dorky, RAZORBACK–inspired monster mash, in which a misfit hunting party – including a master huntsman, hotshot cop, and foolhardy ecologist…