From ancient vampires to city-crushing kaiju, the 21st century has been a golden age for creature features. Join us as we ...

But they weren’t all winners. In fact, quite a few ’50s monster movies were extremely rough around the edges. But, of those lesser films, some of them continue to hold a compulsively watchable charm.

These largely-forgotten monster movies may not have birthed the next Godzilla, but they're nevertheless fun creature features that deserve more attention.