American monster movies, typically disaster films that focus on a group of characters struggling to survive attacks by one or more antagonistic monsters, often abnormally large ones. The film may also fall under the horror, comedy, fantasy, or science fiction genres. Monster movies originated from adaptations of horror folklore and literature.
Subcategories
This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.
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I
- It's Alive films (4 P)
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- Species (film series) (6 P)
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- Tremors (franchise) (10 P, 2 F)
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Pages in category "American monster movies"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 691 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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A
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- The ABCs of Death
- Abominable (2006 film)
- After Midnight (2019 film)
- Age of Dinosaurs
- Alien (film)
- Alien 3
- Alien Lockdown
- Alien Resurrection
- Aliens (film)
- All Eyes
- Alligator (film)
- Alligator II: The Mutation
- The Alligator People
- Alone in the Dark (2005 film)
- The Amazing Bulk
- The Amazing Colossal Man
- Amityville Death House
- Anaconda (1997 film)
- Anaconda 3: Offspring
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
- Anacondas: Trail of Blood
- Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy
- The Angry Red Planet
- Animal (2014 film)
- Antlers (2021 film)
- The Ape Man
- Ape vs. Monster
- The Ape (1940 film)
- Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
- Arcade (film)
- The Arctic Giant
- Army of the Dead (2008 film)
- The Astro-Zombies
- Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
- Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993 film)
- Attack of the Beast Creatures
- Attack of the Giant Leeches
- AVH: Alien vs. Hunter
- Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan
B
- A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
- Bad Milo!
- Bad Moon
- Banshee Chapter
- Barracuda (1978 film)
- The Barrens (film)
- Basket Case (film)
- Basket Case 2
- Basket Case 3: The Progeny
- The Bat People
- Battle at Big Rock
- The Beach Girls and the Monster
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
- Beast from Haunted Cave
- The Beast of Yucca Flats
- The Beast Within (1982 film)
- Beasties (film)
- Bedeviled (2016 film)
- The Being
- Beneath (2013 film)
- Beneath the Storm
- Beowulf (1999 film)
- Beowulf (2007 film)
- Bermuda Tentacles
- Beware! The Blob
- Big Ass Spider!
- Big Bad Wolf (2006 film)
- Big Legend
- Bigfoot (1970 film)
- Bigfoot (2012 film)
- Biohazard (film)
- Bird Box (film)
- The Black Scorpion (film)
- Blackenstein
- The Blackout (2009 film)
- A Blind Bargain
- The Blob
- The Blob (1988 film)
- Blood Beach
- Blood Freak
- Blood Monkey
- Blood Surf
- Blood Thirst
- BloodRayne (film)
- Bloodsuckers from Outer Space
- Boa vs. Python
- Bog (film)
- Boggy Creek
- Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues
- Bone Eater
- The Bone Snatcher
- The Boogens
- The Boogeyman (2023 film)
- Bottom Feeder
- The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
- Brain Damage (film)
- The Brain from Planet Arous
- Bride of the Monster
- Bubba Ho-Tep
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)
- Bug (1975 film)
- Bug Buster
- The Burrowers
C
- C.H.U.D.
- C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
- Camel Spiders (film)
- Carnosaur (film series)
- Carnosaur (film)
- Carnosaur 2
- Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
- A Cartoonist's Nightmare
- Castle Freak (2020 film)
- Cat People (1982 film)
- Cat-Women of the Moon
- Cat's Eye (1985 film)
- The Cave (2005 film)
- The Cavern (2005 film)
- The Cellar (1989 film)
- Cellar Dweller
- Cemetery Gates (film)
- Cerberus (film)
- Chernobyl Diaries
- Children of the Night (1991 film)
- Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
- Chupacabra: Dark Seas
- Clash of the Titans (1981 film)
- Cloverfield
- Clown (film)
- Cocaine Werewolf
- Colossal (film)
- Come Play
- Congo (film)
- Copperhead (2008 film)
- The Crater Lake Monster
- Craving (2023 film)
- Creature (2011 film)
- Creature from Black Lake
- Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Creature from the Haunted Sea
- The Creature Walks Among Us
- The Creeping Terror
- Creepshow
- Creepshow 2
- Creepshow 3
- Critters (film)
- Critters 2: The Main Course
- Critters 3
- Critters 4
- Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell
- Croc (film)
- Crocodile (2000 film)
- Cujo (film)
- Curse II: The Bite
- The Curse of Bridge Hollow
- Curse of the Black Widow
- Curse of the Fly
- Curse of the Komodo
- Curse of the Swamp Creature
- Curucu, Beast of the Amazon
- The Cyclops (film)
- Cyclops (2008 film)
D
- Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- Dark Harvest (2004 film)
- The Dark Tower (2017 film)
- Dark Was the Night (2014 film)
- The Darkest Hour (film)
- Dawn of the Beast
- Day of the Dead: Bloodline
- Dead and Deader
- Dead Space (film)
- Dead Space: Aftermath
- Dead Space: Downfall
- The Deadly Spawn
- Dear God No!
- Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
- Deep Freeze (film)
- DeepStar Six
- Demon Knight
- Demon of Paradise
- Demon Wind
- Denizen (film)
- Destination Inner Space
- The Devil Bat
- The Devil Below
- Devil Monster
- Die, Monster, Die!
- Digging Up the Marrow
- Dinocroc
- Dinoshark
- Dr. Renault's Secret
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010 film)
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973 film)
- Donald Duck and the Gorilla