I enjoy a good monster movie perhaps because I know I am safe and “watching the mistakes that created monsters warns us to take care of the people and the world around us.” (25)

In four brief chapters, Krystyna Poray Goddu gives her readers a brief history of some of the most famous movies monsters viewed in America. Frankenstein first appeared in a movie in 1910. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde appeared in 1931. Movie monsters can be shape shifters like wolfman, Maleficent, and characters from the Ghostbusters. They can also be the result of “scientific experiments gone wrong” (17) Some movie monsters are ‘gentle giants’ (9) like King Kong and Godzilla not meant for the human world, but brought here against their will.

In chapter 2, “Movie Monsters Everywhere” it states monster movies are especially popular around Halloween. Movie monsters come in the shape of toys( Mattel’s Monster High), shown on TV (Scooby-Doo), in movies, in games, and General Mills even has a line of monster cereals: Franken Berry, Boo Berry, and Count Chocula.

Chapter 4 “Movie Monsters Forever” tells about how Godzilla, Frankenstein, and King Kong have each been made into multiple movies.

There is not much meat to this book, but readers who are viewers of monster movies will enjoy agreeing with the information that is provided.

Lastly, Goddu compares Frankenstein and Godzilla as though they were in an arranged bout. Who would wins such a bout? Spoiler alert: Godzilla do to shear size- 164 feet against Frankenstein at 8 feet.

Includes: Table of Contents, Glossary, Further Information, Index, and “download free, complementary educational resources for this book form our website, www.lernerresources.com.” (30)