I guess the modified sharkos in DBS could be called “creatures”. I also attached a pic of two my favorite characters from the movie.

Creature features I’ve seen (which I remember):

Almost everything on this list: https://the-line-up.com/best-creature-feature-films

And almost all of this list: https://m.imdb.com/list/ls560720658/

Cloverfield, Eight Legged Freaks, Spring (2014), a Korean one I am forgetting but has a monster based twist in it.

I wanna watch the movies in this list, have seen Host: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/colossal-essential-korean-giant-monster-movies-9235430

If you disagree with some of these movies as creature features, feel free to say so. For example, I don’t like the inclusion of alien type movies on this list. I think sentient, extraterrestrial beings (even if hostile towards humans) aren’t “creatures” per se.

    • mikezane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      I always like the quote in the movie, “We enlarged the size of the sharks brains. As a side effect, the sharks got smarter.”

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    A good creature for starters, which is seemingly hard to do. You either show the monster and it looks like crap, or you don’t show the monster and rely on the fear of the unknown to do the heavy lifting.

    I really like a well done monster that is actually seen on screen. Like The Thing. Or Jeeper Creepers, which actually manages to be a hybrid of all 3. It’s both good and bad looking, and they do a lot of vague not showing things until the end.

    I also heavily disagree that aliens are not “creatures.” Intelligent, humanoid aliens with culture and civilization, like the Predator or martians from Mars Attacks aren’t creatures; but a xenomorph and whatever the hell The Thing is sure as hell are creatures.

    • nifty@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Hmm no I’d think. I think creature has to be humanoid or animal, but that’s my pov. Perhaps was human at one time, like in Ginger Snaps. Those are excellent movies, now that I recall them!

      • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachtsEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        The creature in the film is vaguely human? But I think it actually just imitates a human to blend in, so maybe it doesn’t work. Now I’m thinking through films that might fit the bill 🤔

          • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachtsEnglish
            3·
            8 months ago

            I’ve always liked how generally simple it was. Not a massive amount of set or scenery changes; fairly straightforward plot; not too much given away too early about the creature. Plus Justin Long is fun.

            I’ve actually driven down the road where most of the driving scenes were filmed, and have driven by the church. It’s a weird back road in Central Florida that is surprisingly hilly. The hills are cool because they obscure the fact that everything around that area is otherwise flat and very Florida lol. It’s just subtle and creepily obscure enough that it works really well.