Monster movies are the bread and butter of the horror genre.
\nIndeed, most of the classic horror films that remain popular today are built
\naround vampires, zombies, werewolves, and ghosts. But, although the traditional
\nsetup of Hero vs. Monster is perennial, many filmmakers over the years have made
\nit their mission to deviate from the formula.<\/p>\n
Because sometimes monsters need their own monsters to be
\nafraid of. <\/p>\n
Increasingly, there are films in which a nightmare creature,
\na hitherto unstoppable force, or a presumed big bad come up against something much
\nbigger and badder. Does it stir our sympathies and change the narrative on the creature
\nor villain being preyed upon? Perhaps not. But, nonetheless, spare a moment to think
\nof the evil yobs the infected have to face in the new 28 Years features, the
\ndinosaurs who eat other dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park series, and the undead Puppet
\nMaster himself \u2013 a victim of his own creations.<\/p>\n
These are movie monsters who encounter something more
\nterrifying, savage, hideous, and way worse. And, suffice to say, they well and
\ntruly meet their match.\u00a0\n\t<\/p>\n
Just a few years ago, Dan Trachtenberg\u2019s Prey managed to do
\nwhat so many monster franchises don\u2019t even attempt, revitalising the property
\nby returning to smaller-scale storytelling and changing the direction of an ailing
\nseries.<\/p>\n
Prey took a new stab at the Predator universe by throwing
\nthe action back to the 1700s and focusing its story on young Comanche woman Naru
\n(Amber Midthunder), who wants to become a warrior but is thwarted by the
\ntraditions and gender norms of her tribe. And her first big solo challenge arrives
\nwhen she goes off the reservation (literally) and encounters a grizzly
\nbear. <\/p>\n
As one of the largest and deadliest land threats of the
\n(North American) Great Plains, the grizzly has no problem running down his
\nintended prey. But, right as he\u2019s on top of Naru, just centimetres from noshing
\non her cranium, he meets something so much more his size: a Yautja warrior, deposited
\nonto Earth by an alien dropship to use it as a hunting ground.<\/p>\n
The bear gives it his all, but he\u2019s just no match for this
\nespecially feral version of the series\u2019 iconic monster. Beaten, blasted,
\ngutted, and good night.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monster movies are the bread and butter of the horror genre. Indeed, most of the classic horror films…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-605445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}