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Godzilla - Fear of the Bomb (allusions to Hiroshima/Nagasaki).
Basically most most giant monster films from the 50's - Fear of Nuclear Power/the bomb.
Invasions of the Body Snatchers/I married a monster from outter Space - Fear of Communism.
I was a Teenage Werewolf/Ginger Bites - Dealing with puberty.
Ilsa She wolf of the SS - very feminist over tones.
Dawn of the Dead - Comment on a being a braindead consumerist society.
Twilight - Its 'ok' to have gay friends.
The Frankenstein Films have a shitload of underlining themes - Ignorance is bliss - Power Corrupts - Humans as the real monsters etc etc
District 9 - Racism can be funny.
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