creature feature Idiom, Proverb
double feature
double feature Also,
double bill. A program consisting of two full-length films shown for the price of a single ticket. For example,
It was a double feature and lasted five hours, or
The women's conference had a double bill, first speakers from China and then visiting guests from the rest of the world. This expression is occasionally loosely used for other paired events (as in the second example). [c. 1930]
redeeming feature
redeeming feature A good quality or aspect that makes up for other drawbacks, as in
The house isn't very attractive, but the garden is the redeeming feature. This idiom, first recorded in 1827, uses
redeem in the sense of “compensate.”
creature feature
A abhorrence blur in which the axial focus is on one or added monsters. I absence the animal appearance of the '50s and '60s—they were so apish and fun, clashing the addled CGI films of today.Learn more: creature, feature