monster movie

English

King Kong is a 1933 monster movie.

Noun

monster movie (plural monster movies)

1. A movie featuring one or more monsters in a prominent role; a creature feature.
   • 2010, Bruce Kawin, Horror and the Horror Film, page 47:

     Thus the supernatural monster movie may be subdivided into the vampire film, the ghost film, the zombie film and others and Dracula would be a horror/supernatural-monster/vampire movie, while Friday the 13^th would be a horror/human/slasher movie.

Synonyms

• creature feature

 

Coordinate terms

• kaiju

 

See also

• horror film

 

Further reading

• Monster movie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia