Brotherhood of the Wolf
Traditional monster movies re-emerged to a wider audience during the late 1990s. An American remake of "Godzilla" was made in 1998. The Godzilla featured in that film was considerably different from the original and many Godzilla fans disliked it, but it was a moderate box office success. In 2002, a French monster film "Brotherhood of the Wolf" became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades. In 2004, Godzilla was temporarily retired following "". Director Peter Jackson, inspired by the original "King Kong" and Ray Harryhausen films, remade "King Kong" in 2005, which was both a critical and commercial success. In 2006, a South Korean monster film, "The Host", involved more political overtones than most of its genre.