Idiom
creature feature
Meaning
A horror film in which one or more monsters plays a prominent role.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We watched a scary creature feature on television last night.”
“Every Halloween, the local cinema hosts a marathon of classic creature features from the fifties.”
“While the film is often dismissed as a low-budget creature feature, it actually offers a clever critique of human fear and scientific ambition.”
Examples
simple
“We watched a scary creature feature on television last night.”
contextual
“Every Halloween, the local cinema hosts a marathon of classic creature features from the fifties.”
complex
“While the film is often dismissed as a low-budget creature feature, it actually offers a clever critique of human fear and scientific ambition.”
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