“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.

1. Alien
2.  Jaws
3. Jurassic Park
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street
5. Dog Soldiers
6. Psycho
7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
8. Pitch Black
9. From Dusk Till Dawn
10. Gremlins
11. Godzilla
12. Cabin Fever
13. The Thing
14. The Village
15. Friday the 13^th
16. The Cable Guy
17. Anaconda
18. Halloween
19. Tremors
20. The Others