Monster movie

Japanese: 怪獣映画 - かいじゅうえいが
Monster movie

...The octopus-shaped Martian that appears in H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1898) is a prime example of this early form, but many other types were created in the turbulent, absurd space adventure stories that were popular in the United States in the 1930s to 1950s. The villains in recent monster movies can also be counted among them. [Takumi Shibano]...

*Some of the terminology used in the genre "monster movies" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…H.G.ウェルズ《宇宙戦争》(1898)に登場するタコ形の火星人が初期におけるその代表格だが,主として1930‐50年代のアメリカで流行した波乱万丈,荒唐無稽な宇宙冒険活劇において多くのタイプが創造された。近年の怪獣映画の悪役もその一つにかぞえられよう。【柴野 拓美】。…

※「怪獣映画」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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