THEME EXPLORATION

monster disposal

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Godzilla vs. Kong
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021 · Adam Wingard
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962 · Ishirō Honda
Trollhunter
Trollhunter
2010 · André Øvredal
The Meg
The Meg
2018 · Jon Turteltaub
Blade II
Blade II
2002 · Guillermo del Toro
Hotel Transylvania
Hotel Transylvania
2012 · Genndy Tartakovsky
La Villa dei mostri
La Villa dei mostri
1950 · Michelangelo Antonioni
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker
2008 · Kathryn Bigelow
There Will Be No Leave Today
There Will Be No Leave Today
1959 · Andrei Tarkovsky
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
1998 · Dario Argento
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · Harald Zwart
Alien from the Deep
Alien from the Deep
1989 · Antonio Margheriti
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His films obsessively explore the humanity within monsters and the moral complexity of their destruction, from Pan's Labyrinth to The Shape of Water.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He examines the horror of bodily transformation and the disposal of aberrant flesh as visceral body horror across films like The Fly and Videodrome.

 John Carpenter United States

His films repeatedly center on eliminating alien or supernatural threats through destruction and quarantine, from The Thing to They Live.