THEME EXPLORATION

monster disposal

19 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
La Villa dei mostri
La Villa dei mostri
1950 · Michelangelo Antonioni
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
Monster Hunter
Monster Hunter
2020 · Paul W. S. Anderson
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
2016 · Zhang Yimou
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · Nick Park & Steve Box
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001 · Christophe Gans
Shin Godzilla
Shin Godzilla
2016 · Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
1995 · Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
Scurry
Scurry
2025 · Luke Sparke
The Dark Kingdom
The Dark Kingdom
2018 · Simon Wells
The Mighty Peking Man
The Mighty Peking Man
1977 · Ho Meng-Hua
Wyvern
Wyvern
2009 · Steven R. Monroe
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His films obsessively explore the moral complexity of destroying or coexisting with monsters, from Pan's Labyrinth to The Shape of Water.

 David Cronenberg Canada

He examines the visceral horror of eliminating hybrid creatures and the body horror of disposal through grotesque transformation in films like The Fly.

 John Carpenter United States

His filmography repeatedly depicts humanity's violent attempts to eliminate alien and supernatural threats, most iconically in The Thing and The Fog.