Analysis of Monster Movies Dataset

Exploring Trends, Popularity, and Genre Evolution

Giving Stan
Keertana Nambiar, Yuzu Wu, Tianyu Zhai, Xintong Zhai

2025-03-06

Overview

Our project explores trends in monster movies using two datasets: one containing details like titles, release years, ratings, and runtime, and another mapping movies to their respective genres.
Our focus is on understanding trends in runtime, popularity, and themes, as well as identifying factors that influence a movie’s rating and audience reception.

Q1: How have monster movie trends evolved over time?

• What is the trend of IMDB ratings across decades?

Q1: How have monster movie trends evolved over time?

• What are the dominant genres across decades?

Q2: What factors influence a movie’s popularity and rating?

• Runtime vs. Rating

Q2: What factors influence a movie’s popularity and rating?

• Number of Votes vs. Rating

Q2: What factors influence a movie’s popularity and rating?

• The rating performance of different movie genres

Q2: What factors influence a movie’s popularity and rating?

• What is the most popular genre?

Q2: What factors influence a movie’s popularity and rating?

• Do horror-comedy monster movies tend to have higher ratings than pure horror ones?