Scariest movie monsters: The images that stay with you 28 Articles

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by Royce Radcliffe

I remember watching a show called Project Greenlight 3 where a man was given a chance to direct a horror script. In that show the producers said that in this genre everything depends on the quality and uniqueness of the mo...read more

by Chuck Hoodak

Monsters are defined as "any animal or humanoid that is grotesque in physical form or behavior to the point of invoking fear". While we can be relieved that for the most part monsters do not exist in real life, the same ca...read more

by Catsy Jones

Most of the movies before 1960 were not of the horror genre. Many people didn't like horror movies. In the year of 1960, we had a new generation with new and different wants and desires. Teenagers began flocking to movies ...read more

by George Goodall

I would not want a night out with any of the following characters. They are truly scary, either in appearance and/or attitude. We are not dealing in the realms of men in rubber suits type scary (although 70's and 80's Dr W...read more

by Mary Ratliff

When I'm laying awake at night, hearing creepy noises and looking out unable to see into the dark, there are several monsters that come to my mind, and start appearing in the shadows. The one who has been there longest ...read more

by Michael Radke

The moment a character gives you a chill as it walks across the screen, or speaks some words, it enters our minds as a monster. Everyone will have there very own list of the most scary movie monsters, but the following are...read more

by Scott Blackburn

Any great horror movie is only as scary as the monster/entity in the movie. A terrifying villain is essential to creating fear in an audience. Certain movie monsters have left mental images in my head that I can never forg...read more

by Marcus Jaramillo

For hundreds of years people have created means to scare people. Movies are the most recent medium. From the creature under the bed to cook next store who grinds people into food, our fears have been personified in many di...read more

by Morgan Johnson

I can guess who many others might pick as their scariest monsters. Over the years there have been some real winners. - Jason from HALLOWEEN, - Freddy Krueger from the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series, - any of a myr...read more

by Leigh Harper

I think a lot of people are going to go over the movie classics- Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, the Alien... all from the classic 80's/90's horror. I thought I would touch on some more recent horror characters- characte...read more

by Sheldon Clerk

An image that will forever be imprinted in my mind is that of Pumpkin Head. A demon of which that has about as much mercy as Ben Affleck does acting talent, an appetite for vengeance that could rival that of the Japanese c...read more

by Ashley Benlove

Ah, scary movie monsters... I've been watching semi-scary films since I was a child and I still watch them. Some of them are even my favorite films. My favorite of all the scariest movie monsters include: 1. The Alien f...read more

by Brian Rummel

What helps in making a movie monster memorable, or scary is usually how they're introduced to a story. A movie monster's introduction is everything, and that is the jumping off point for what makes them scary, and what mak...read more

by Ted Sherman

I started going to the movies so far back, I can remember the first talkie. But in order to nominate the very best monsters, I must go back a bit further and start with what I consider the best silent monster. After that, ...read more

by Cj Casuto

You will note about me, if you read my biography or some of my articles, that I absolutely love movies. I probably have about 400 DVDs in my collection. I watch film from all genres. Horror, especially monster movies, have...read more

by Angela Gordon

There are so many things that make a great movie monster: the costume or clothing they wear, their grotesqueness (or lack thereof), their brutality and cruelty, etc. The following movie monsters have all that and then some...read more

by Chris Bowen

Well it all started for me when I was about ten years old. Me and my older brother were staying the summer with our aunt in South Carolina. My two cousins, brother, and I decided to go see a movie and they took me to see C...read more

by David Furritus

I've been watching horror films for well over thirty years. I remember when I was a kid I'd sit pasted in front of the Tv on Saturday mornings eating my cereal watching cartoons and when the 'toons were over I wouldn't mov...read more

by Jean Erasmus

When a monster stays with you from childhood to adulthood, still haunting your dreams - then it must be worth mentioning. I saw 'Alien' by Ridley Scott when I was quite young, and it made an impact one me (and many othe...read more

by Shaun Rice

I would certain have to say Jeepers Creepers from the movies. He always terrified me! When I first seen that movie I honestly could not go outside for months, I always would think he would swoop down from the night time sk...read more