
Peter Hyams directs this adaptation of Douglas Preston’s novel with spectacle, much shrouded in darkness. It’s up to a homicide detective and an anthropologist to stop it before the body count grows even higher. The opening shows how the monster, the mythical Kothoga from the Amazon, wound up there.
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This big budget action-horror movie sees an enormous chimeric monster prowl a Chicago museum. One by one, the group of friends encounter different scenarios with various monsters and often die in gruesome, violent ways. It’s all a ruse for Lincoln to capture their souls to bring about the world’s end. Stepping foot into exhibits means stepping into an alternate reality full of danger and mortal peril.


Waxwork plays like an anthology in that the core group of characters falls victim to various wax exhibits in the mysterious wax museum owned by the ominous David Lincoln (David Warner ). Come for the ravenous alien and get charmed by the practical effects and stellar use of miniatures. This labor of love and strife defies its meager budget to deliver one of the 80s’ most surprising, gory creature features. It’s up to a handful of teens and a monster-obsessed boy to stop it. The plot follows an alien that takes refuge in the basement of a suburb after crash landing via meteor, devouring anyone it meets and spawning at a rapid pace. Whether hailing from space, the darkest depths of the sea, or beyond, these five horror movies bring the monster mayhem we all love so much.Īs usual, here’s where you can stream them this week…įor more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.

Because sometimes nothing lifts your spirits quite like a good creature design or a monster on a rampage, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to the creature feature.
