What are your favorite Monster Movies?

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We've living in a revitalized age of the monster movie genre. Godzilla (reboot several years ago); King Kong's reboot this year; the Tom Cruise reboot of the Mummy franchise as well.

Okja, like his Korean director, Bong Joon Ho, is an unorthodox take on the monster movie.

What are your favorite monster movies? Do you prefer giants smashing up skyscrapers or human sized monsters and their metaphorical existential horror stories?

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[+3] - rosborne979 - 05/19/2017The one and only... "Alien"

@tsarstepan,

The one and only... "Alien"

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For sentimental reasons, I'm partial to Motha. I wanted to be one of those 2 tiny Japanese girls that sang to him.

For scare factor, agree with rosborne on the tried and true original Alien. It's the only movie I had a nightmare about years afterwards (was taking an elevator, looked to my left, and Yikes!)

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@tsarstepan,

The monster in that trailer seems to be that blonde woman.

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@chai2,

Tilda Swinton is utterly crazy amazing in most everything she touches. Did you see her in Snowpiercer (2013)?

She perfectly chews the scene as a monster in that postapocalyptic film.

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I like zombie movies. "World War Z" was is a pretty good movie.

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I like both Aliens and Frankenstein.

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@tsarstepan,

tsarstepan wrote:

Tilda Swinton is utterly crazy amazing in most everything she touches.

Oh! I didn't realize that was her.

I love love loved her in "We Need to Talk About Kevin".

Have you seen that?

And yes, they certainly did need to talk about Kevin.

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@tsarstepan,

I like the Alien series. Creatures that are bred to survive while taking on part of the hosts genetic memories. After Prometheus we learn they are a military weapon that can even destroy their makers, the Engineers.

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I loved the fifties monster films! The creature from the black lagoon, Them, the one based on the tempest with Robbie the robot...what was that called????, the day the earth stood still, the beast from 20,000 fathoms, the original King Kong....many more

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@tsarstepan,

Tilda is a wonder....

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@dlowan,

dlowan wrote:

I loved the fifties monster films! The creature from the black lagoon, Them, the one based on the tempest with Robbie the robot...what was that called????, the day the earth stood still, the beast from 20,000 fathoms, the original King Kong....many more

Forbidden Planet - with Robbie

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@edgarblythe,

Yes!

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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@edgarblythe,

The original Fright Night with Chris Sarandon,-- the effects were there only to support the plot.
The Exorcist-A movie with absolutely NO monsters, yet the unseen evil entity was the star of the show.

King Kong, -- a well crafted bunch of cartoon monster movies(with the exception of the No2 version with geoff Bridges--that one really sucked). King Kong was never a monster, he was an anti hero who got
fucked big time in the end . Sad actually.

nosferatu--Max Shreck looked like he was born for that part

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@tsarstepan,

Frankenstein, Kong Skull Island

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@farmerman,

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nosferatu--Max Shreck looked like he was born for that part

Have you seen Shadow of the Vampire? It's a fictionalised account of the making of Nosferatu, and Max Shrek really is a vampire.

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@izzythepush,

I saw it. Loved it. The premise worked for me .Malkowich only dissapointed me in the "Reds" movies

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