Meanings
plural monster movies
- A movie featuring one or more monsters in a prominent role; a creature feature.
Thus the supernatural monster movie may be subdivided into the vampire film, the ghost film, the zombie film and others and Dracula would be a horror/supernatural-monster/vampire movie, while Friday the 13ᵗʰ would be a horror/human/slasher movie.
2010, Bruce Kawin, Horror and the Horror Film, page 47Synonyms: creature feature
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA movie featuring one or more monsters in a prominent role; a creature feature.
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