#Creature movies movie

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. Given how many movies can be classified as creature features, we thought we'd take a look at some of the absolute must-watch monster movies out there, as well as provide information about where they are currently streaming. Best Creature Features and Where to Stream Them

#Creature movies movie

To put it more simply, pretty much every horror movie that doesn't fall within the basic horror movie subgenres (zombies, vampires, slashers, ghost stories) falls into the creature feature category instead. This includes movies that feature monsters, killer aliens, werewolves, hostile animals or plant life, or any other kind of generally pissed-off lifeform that poses a threat to the human characters of a film. Because of how large an umbrella term the subgenre is, numerous horror movies fall within the framework of a creature feature. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on PinterestĬreature features are one of the largest subgenres in all of horror.