“MONSTER IN THE HOUSE” is one of the scriptwriting genres coined by Blake Snyder.
According to Blake Snyder “it has two working parts: a monster, a house. And when you add people into that house, desperate to kill the monster, you’ve got a movie type so primal that it translates to everyone, everywhere.”. To find out more, please check out Blake’s “Save the Cat” book or check out his http://www.savethecat.com/
Below you will find a list of films that fit this description. So if you are a writer specialising in this genre, it would be wise to watch all or at least some of the movies on that list.
- Alien
- Jaws
- Jurassic Park
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Dog Soldiers
- Psycho
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Pitch Black
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Gremlins
- Godzilla
- Cabin Fever
- The Thing
- The Village
- Friday the 13th
- The Cable Guy
- Anaconda
- Halloween
- Tremors
- The Others