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509:It Came from Beneath the Sea
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1662:The Hollywood Reporter
1575:The Hollywood Reporter
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948:Jurassic Park III
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1905:Territories
1766:Horror film
1688:Coming Soon
1602:October 14,
1580:February 6,
1256:Zombie film
1139:Mecha anime
1130:Pacific Rim
1098:Cloverfield
1065:Cloverfield
1038:. Director
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963:(2018) and
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845:Larry Cohen
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492:atomic bomb
394:(1932) and
330:silent film
283:animation,
281:stop motion
235:outer space
198:adaptations
2354:Categories
2309:Grindhouse
2266:Characters
2244:Disability
2239:Jump scare
2222:final girl
2028:Film lists
1911:Australia
1727:2016-02-18
1628:2022-03-08
1555:2008-05-11
1533:2008-02-09
1481:. p.
1387:2008-02-09
1362:2008-02-09
1326:2008-02-09
1262:References
1109:Prometheus
1013:remake of
901:Rob Bottin
893:Rick Baker
835:Mel Brooks
789:New Jersey
515:Tarantula!
484:frozen ice
360:Fritz Lang
343:a creature
295:monsters.
200:of horror
178:large ones
87:newspapers
27:Film genre
2155:Anthology
2067:By decade
2056:Malayalam
1981:Indonesia
1974:Bollywood
1944:Extremity
1800:Christmas
1773:Subgenres
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1187:King Kong
1115:In 2013,
1070:terrorism
1050:King Kong
1044:King Kong
991:animation
870:Creepshow
802:King Kong
777:King Kong
740:the Mummy
587:film was
476:King Kong
455:King Kong
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438:King Kong
419:dinosaurs
391:The Mummy
351:Nosferatu
334:The Golem
227:radiation
117:July 2016
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1950:Germany
1933:Jiangshi
1922:Cambodia
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1780:Arthouse
1225:See also
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1159:Godzilla
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1093:Monsters
1072:and the
1056:The Host
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1015:Godzilla
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264:Superman
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174:monsters
146:Godzilla
2294:B movie
2287:Related
2207:History
2177:Natural
2148:By type
1940:France
1927:Chinese
1864:Slasher
1859:Satanic
1835:Monster
1825:Holiday
1667:May 30,
1231:B movie
1048:remade
880:Tremors
804:in 1976
799:remade
650:Z movie
486:in the
379:Dracula
321:The Pet
299:History
285:puppets
231:habitat
190:fantasy
149:(1954).
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2217:Gender
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2008:Mexico
1990:Giallo
1985:Italy
1965:India
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