10 Best Horror Movie Creature Feature Movies Since 2010
Exploring the very best that this subgenre has had to offer over the past decade.
What makes the movie industry so consistently appealing is the sheer variety and possibilities that are on the table when it comes to filmmaking. And when it comes to breaking down genres and subgenres, one type of picture that always tends to bring in audiences is the famed 'creature feature' film.
It can sometimes be a little tough to break down what can truly be labelled a creature feature, with some incorrectly throwing aliens into the mix, classifying body modification movies in there, or even including supernatural shenanigans as being in the creature feature wheelhouse.
Upon thinking of great creature features, movies like Creature From the Black Lagoon, King Kong, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and The Host are just some of the films that instantly spring to mind. But in more recent times, there have likewise been some absolutely amazing films to grace this subgenre - some of which you may have heard of, some of which may have flown under the radar a little.
Looking back as far as 2010, then, here are the 10 absolute best creature feature films to have surfaced over the past decade.
10. Rampage
Not one, not two, but Rampage has three creatures at the centre of its plot.
Turning everything up to 11, this 2018 Dwayne Johnson vehicle took the bones of 1986's Rampage video game and gave it a lavish, beefed-up, action-driven, big-budget Hollywood makeover. Grandeur and spectacle rule the day here, with megastar Johnson often even playing second fiddle to the trio of genetically-altered and mutated animals.
Of course, all three building-decimating, human-devouring monsters here aren't truly to blame for the chaos and carnage that they've caused. Instead, they're victims of a more corrupt, maniacal power - that power being humans who are looking to modify creatures and then weaponize them.
Rampage is a film full of elaborate set pieces that often have their tongue firmly within their cheek, but it's always good to see giant beasties running amok amidst a trail of death and destruction. And not just innocent casualties do we see in Rampage, but we eventually get to see these creatures squaring off against each other as the film rolls towards a close.
Undoubtedly, Rampage is a big ball of Hollywood cheese that's not to be taken too seriously, but it's also undoubtedly a whole lot of fun that works extremely well as a bright 'n' breezy popcorn flick.