THEME EXPLORATION

monster interruption

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
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
2016 · Tim Burton
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
Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter
2020 · Paul W. S. Anderson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His films like 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'The Shape of Water' explore how monsters and humans intersect, with creatures disrupting and transforming social order.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films such as 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' depict monsters as biological interruptions that violently breach the boundaries between human and inhuman.

 Bong Joon-ho South Korea

Films like 'The Host' and 'Okja' use monsters as catalysts that disrupt social hierarchies, class systems, and institutional control.