For a blissfully exhausting, fast and furious 80 minutes, Reeves pays homage to 1950s giant monster classics while also imaginatively making the genre deviously his own.

30 Days of Night is a marvelously bloodcurdling horror show I can’t wait to sink my teeth into again.

The Descent is a freefall into fear not to be missed.

Alien holds up as if it were made yesterday.