Creature Features
 
Alien

After responding to a signal for help, a spaceship takes on an alien creature which begins to kill the crew
American Werewolf in London 

Tourists in the English countryside, David and Jack are attacked by what they think is a wolf; while Jack dies, David recuperates with the help of a pretty nurse and begins to have strange dreams of hunting on all fours
The Blob

A small town is menaced by a blood-red mass of protoplasm from outer space that is set on consuming all of the local residents
Bride of Frankenstein

Inspired by his devious mentor, Dr. Frankenstein creates a bride for his monster
The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Members of a scientific expedition to the Amazon discover a gruesome creature that is half-man and half-fish; "Gill Man" is captured and transported from his Amazon home to a Florida marine park aquarium, where he develops a relationship with a female researcher.
Dracula

Legendary vampire Count Dracula kidnaps a young English lawyer and travels to London to woo the lawyer's fiancé and spread terror
Gojira (Godzilla)

A prehistoric monster, Godzilla, ravages metropolitan Tokyo. Scientists suspect that H-bomb tests awakened it from a two-million year sleep and they try to develop techniques to stop the monster.
Gremlins

When Billy's Christmas present of a pet Mowgli named Gizmo accidentally gets wet and his babies eat after midnight, devilish gremlins take over the town
Hellboy 

Hellboy, working for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, has to fight an ancient witch who seeks to bring about the end of the world
Little Shop of Horrors

An alien plant which lives on blood changes the lives of the people at Mushnik's flower shop.
Pan's Labyrinth

Set in post-civil war Spain, a young girl flees the home of her cruel step-father into an underground fantasy world where she encounters a strange creature and a terrifying battle between good and evil
A Quiet Place

After an apocalyptic event, a family discovers that they must live in silence to hide from monsters with extra-sensitive hearing
The Mummy

A mummy is accidentally revived after 3,700 years by a British archeology team. Dressed in the garb of a modern-day Egyptian, he sets out to find his lost love, terrorizing the members of the expedition who must find a way to stop him.
Swamp Thing

When a young woman returns home to Louisiana to investigate a deadly swamp bone virus, she discovers its dark, terrifying mysteries
The Wolf Man

A tortured man is transformed into a deadly werewolf when the moon becomes full
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