{"id":22734,"date":"2018-08-13T12:37:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T10:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=22734"},"modified":"2018-08-13T12:37:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T10:37:42","slug":"5-best-monster-movies-everyone-needs-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/5-best-monster-movies-everyone-needs-to-see\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Best Monster Movies Everyone Needs to See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While there are some pretty great <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/2018\/08\/03\/3-must-watch-movies-of-august-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">films coming our way this month<\/a> (includingJason Statham&#8217;s terrifying shark movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/2018\/08\/03\/3-must-watch-movies-of-august-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Meg<\/em><\/a>), there are some classic monster flicks that deserve some attention, too! We&#8217;ve rounded up 5 of our favourites, below:<\/p>\n<h3>Godzilla (2014)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-vIu85WQTPRc\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vIu85WQTPRc?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vIu85WQTPRc?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2014 reboot featuring the legendary lizard himself seemed to split fans&#8217; opinions, but there was no denying it was a more original take on the iconic King of Monsters. Director Gareth Edwards takes a leaf out of Steven Spielberg\u2019s book when he approached <em>Jaws<\/em>: you don\u2019t always have to see the monster for it to have an impact \u2013 even the less-is-more marketing material was on point. For those who prefer their monster movies full of tension instead of littered with CGI-bashing fights, <em>Godzilla<\/em> is a great option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=godzilla&amp;category=11&amp;utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=PriceCheck%20Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21641\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png\" alt=\"view offers\" width=\"309\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png 550w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Hellboy 2: The Golden Army<\/h3>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-GO0xYCy1cg\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/G_O0xYCy1cg?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/G_O0xYCy1cg?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While not necessarily a &#8216;monster movie&#8217; in the traditional sense, comic-book adventure <em>Hellboy<\/em> is littered with some of the most eye-catching creatures Hollywood has seen. The sequel took things to new heights, with an extensive and immersive trip into New York City\u2019s paranormal underworld; and the underground market scene has so many bizarre and puzzling monsters, from vicious little tooth fairies and a forest deity, each monstrosity could&#8217;ve justified a movie for themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=hellboy&amp;category=11&amp;utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=PriceCheck%20Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21641\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png\" alt=\"view offers\" width=\"309\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png 550w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Alien<\/h3>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-vrl89Bn8MCY\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vrl89Bn8MCY?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vrl89Bn8MCY?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>1979&#8217;s original <em>Alien<\/em>\u00a0raised the bar for science-fiction horrors, given that it found the perfect balance of frights, slow-burn tension, and a splash of action. This extraterrestrial classic and its titular villains are enough to convince anyone that potential space travel is something to stay far, far away from.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=alien&amp;category=11&amp;utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=PriceCheck%20Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21641\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png\" alt=\"view offers\" width=\"309\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers.png 550w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Village<\/h3>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-P7akpZ7wJ3g\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/P7akpZ7wJ3g?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/P7akpZ7wJ3g?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s admittedly inconsistent career has featured winners like\u00a0<em>The Sixth Sense, <\/em>but unfortunately clangers like <em>The Happening<\/em>. However,\u00a0<em>The Village, <\/em>equally loved and hated depending on who ask, does an amazing job of creating terror and dread in what seems like a quaint little settlement in the woods. The ending is the divisive element of the movie, but it doesn\u2019t change the fact that the strange, wolf-like monsters are terrifying both before and after you know their true nature.<\/p>\n<h3>The Mist<\/h3>\n<div class=\"arve-wrapper\" data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-LhCKXJNGzN8\" style=\"max-width:702px;\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n<div class=\"arve-embed-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.250000%\"><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LhCKXJNGzN8?iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;autoplay=0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" frameborder=\"0\" name sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LhCKXJNGzN8?iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autoplay=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=stephen%20king&amp;utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=PriceCheck%20Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen King<\/a> isn&#8217;t an iconic horror storyteller for no reason. The man works wonders with his tales of ordinary people experiencing the unknown, and <em>The Mist<\/em> is one of the best book-to-film adaptations that have come out of King&#8217;s gallery of horrors. The premise to this story is simple: a group of citizens is trapped in a supermarket when the power goes out and a sinister mist, full of terrifying creatures, envelops the whole town. The fear experienced by the group when the panic sets in, and how sometimes the worst monsters aren\u2019t necessarily the ones that look terrifying, are the real highlights of this film.<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking for some more movie magic? Check out the extensive list of DVD and Blu-ray offers on PriceCheck.co.za!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/11\/DVD+&amp;+Video?utm_source=blog.pricecheck.co.za&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=PriceCheck%20Blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Buttons_ViewOffers-300x57.png\" alt=\"view offers\" width=\"300\" height=\"57\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Want more movie news? Check out our <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/category\/health-fitness-beauty-fashion-recipes-travel-entertainment-news\/entertainment-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment &amp; News<\/a><\/span> section for more great reads &amp; <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/2018\/05\/09\/5-superhero-movies-still-coming-in-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more superhero movies coming your way in 2018!<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which creature-features should you put on your must-watch list? We countdown the best monster movies you need to see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":22735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2849,36],"tags":[3684,2979,3605,3685,3686,3687,558,3688,3689],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Alien-1979.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22734"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22738,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22734\/revisions\/22738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}