Classic man in rubber suit. My favourite of the oldschool creature features
Creature From The Black Lagoon
on DVD
(1954) Starring:Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning Director:Jack Arnold Certificate:
A research team digging in the Amazon comes across the fossilized hand of a human fish creature. That night, the creature emerges from the swamp to kill. So begins one of the more recognizable classics of the science fiction and horror genres. Shot originally in 3-D, this has been a late-night TV ..read more »
Jaws
on DVD
(1975) Starring:Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss Director:Steven Spielberg Certificate:
From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ..read more »
Lake Placid
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt Director:Steve Miner Certificate:
ALLY McBEAL creator David E. Kelley wrote and produced this smalltown horror comedy with equal parts laughs and gore. When scientists studying beavers in a Maine lake are killed by something mysterious in the water, an investigation reveals a very large crocodile with an insatiable appetite. The ..read more »
Anaconda
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight Director:Luis Llosa Certificate:
In the Amazon jungle, a documentary crew rescue a loner who turns out to be a man obsessed. He makes life dangerous for them all as he attempts to capture a lethal forty-foot anaconda...
Them
on DVD
(1954) Starring:James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon Director:Gordon Douglas Certificate:
In THEM!, atomic radiation once again manages to transform tiny harmless creatures into gigantic holy terrors. Probably the best of the 1950s phenomenon, this top-notch thriller witnesses giant ants set loose on a small town in the Southwest desert region of the United States. Two doctors from the ..read more »
Tarantula
on DVD
(1955) Starring:John Agar, Leo G. Carroll, Mara Corday Director:Jack Arnold Certificate:
When a tarantula which has been injected with a special nutrient formula escapes from a scientist's laboratory, it grows into a 100-foot beast that menaces the Arizona countryside.
Eight Legged Freaks
on DVD
(2002) Starring:David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, Scarlett Johansson Director:Ellory Elkayem Certificate:
New Zealand-born Ellory Elkayem's EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS is a ridiculously irreverent romp that pays homage to American b-movies of the 1950s. Set in the nearly bankrupt mining town of Prosperity, Arizona, the film opens with the timely return of Chris McCormack (David Arquette). On the outskirts of ..read more »
Frankenfish
on DVD
(2004) Starring:China Chow, Tomas Arana, Tory Kittles Director:Mark Dippe Certificate:
The follow-up from Mark A.Z. Dippe, FRANKENFISH stars Muse Watson (I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER) and Tory Kittles in a story that pits a pack of huge, mutant, flesh-eating fish against the human inhabitants of a Bayou town. A genetic engineering experiment gone horribly awry, these monsters are ..read more »