Born out of the monster movie boom of the '50s and hitting new highs in the '70s with the likes of Jaws and Alien, the creature feature genre hit a weird and wonderful stride in the 1980s—supercharged ...

Creature features have long been a staple of horror cinema, especially throughout the 1970s, a decade that churned out its fair share of swamp monsters, giant bugs, and vengeful critters. Many of ...

What was originally a creature feature that metaphorically gets into the horrors of nuclear bombs, Godzilla has now become a media icon that’s lasted for more than 70 years. In Steve Ryfle’s new book, ...