5 Best (& 5 Worst) Giant Animal Horror Movies
Animal horror is a genre. Think Cujo or Pet Semetary. The monster movie is also its own genre, like Cloverfield or Godzilla. But there's one sub-genre that blends the two, turning ordinary animals into giant monsters.
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The earliest examples of these films are King Kong (1933), and Them! (1954), as well as It Came From Beneath The Sea and Tarantula, both being released in 1955. Since the genre's beginning, audiences have had an undying thirst for more. Some of the genre's creations are cinema-altering blockbusters that change the way we look at film, while others are nothing more than B-movie tragedies, destined to be forgotten forever. Here the 5 best (and 5 worst) giant animal horror movies in cinematic history.
Related: The 10 Best Killer Animal Movies, Ranked
The earliest examples of these films are King Kong (1933), and Them! (1954), as well as It Came From Beneath The Sea and Tarantula, both being released in 1955. Since the genre's beginning, audiences have had an undying thirst for more. Some of the genre's creations are cinema-altering blockbusters that change the way we look at film, while others are nothing more than B-movie tragedies, destined to be forgotten forever. Here the 5 best (and 5 worst) giant animal horror movies in cinematic history.
- 12/17/2019
- ScreenRant
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