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creature feature

British  

noun

  1. a horror film featuring a monster

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It’s really no wonder that Neill would go on to play characters who echoed Mark’s descent into madness, splitting off into equally extraordinary works of spine-tingling creature feature dread.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

To conserve their moisture or maintain their temperature, anywhere from five to 50,000 blackworms intermingle to form writhing blobs seemingly right out of a creature feature.

From Scientific American Apr. 27, 2023

I hope you enjoy my creature feature finale:

From Seattle Times Jan. 3, 2023

Clayton Witmer’s film is an intensely moody and affecting character drama masquerading as an old-fashioned creature feature.

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2022

Christina Ricci stars in “Monstrous,” a horror film that morphs from haunted-house thriller to creature feature to something else entirely — and something far more interesting.

From Washington Post May 12, 2022

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