Carton assembles a variety of creatures according to chapter categories both fairly specific ("Vampires," "The Undead," "Colossal Beasts") and totally not ("Best of the B-Movies," "Cursed Calamities," "Cinematic Classics," which is a completely random clearing house for monsters from everything from Frankenstein to the too-recent-to-be-classic A Quiet Place to the too-shitty-to-be-classic It: Chapter Two). A diverse selection falls under each heading--not just the usual Draculas, Godzillas, and Wolf Mans, but also Shelob, Other Mother, the Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, the Beast from Krull, the Evil Bong, and the Rabbit of Caerbannog, with its nasty, big, pointy teeth.
Carton's writing is mostly descriptive and non-critical to the point that he doesn't even take a single shot at sitting duck Plan 9 from Outer Space, but the array of movie monsters he covers is neat, as are the color photos of all those rad monster designs.
