Happy Halloween! Instead of our usual countdown of the 100 Essential Horror Movies, this year we present you with the greatest movie monsters of all time! Criteria is pretty loose, the "monster" in question can be mythical or supernatural, a real animal or an imaginary beast, out of fantasy, horror or science fiction. The only thing we discount are humans. So, scary though they might be, no Hannibal Lecter, no Joker, no Norman Bates. The monsters can LOOK human (vampires, zombies, etc) but can't actually be human, unless they've been altered in some way. With that out of the way, here's the countdown!
100 - The Dwellers
THE DESCENT
2006
Hey, there's something down here...
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99 - The Lord of Darkness
LEGEND
1985
Performed by Tim Curry
You think you have won! What is light without dark? What are you without me? I am a part of you all. You can never defeat me. We are brothers eternal!
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98 - The Blob
THE BLOB
1958
Don't go in, Jim! This won't do any good! It's the most horrible thing I've ever seen in my life. Come on, we've got to clear this area!
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97 - The Creatures
MONSTERS
2010
Six years ago... NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A space probe was launched to collect samples but broke up during re-entry over Mexico. Soon after new life forms began to appear and half of the was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today... The Mexican & US military still struggle to contain 'the creatures'...
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96 - Medusa
CLASH OF THE TITANS
1981
Created by Ray Harryhausen
One look from the head of Medusa can turn all creatures into stone. No matter how huge and powerful. And her blood is a deadly venom.
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95 - The Reapers
BLADE II
2002
Who do you think God really favors in the web? The spider, or the fly?
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94 - The Bugs
STARSHIP TROOPERS
1997
One day, somebody like me is going to kill you, and your whole fucking race!
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93 - Bioraptors
PITCH BLACK
2000
All you people are so scared of me. Most days I'd take that as a compliment. But it ain't me you gotta worry about now.
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92 - The House
MONSTER HOUSE
2006
Okay, normally I don't spend time with guys like you, but a house just tried to eat me, so... you've got one hour.
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91 - The Parasites
SHIVERS
1975
The time is 5.26 a.m. This is Gerald Keys with the Media Sculp sunrise news bulletin. There is still no confirmation by Montreal city police concerning alleged reports of a city wide plague of violent sexual assaults. The assaults, believed to have originated in the vicinity of Starliner Island, began late last night, and have spread with increasing frequency this morning. Reports of the attacks have been termed irresponsible and hysterical, by a Montreal city police spokesman. Stay tuned on further details, on Media Sculp news at 6.00.
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90 - The Cave Troll
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
2001
They have taken the bridge and the second hall. We have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes, drums... drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A shadow lurks in the dark. We can not get out... they are coming.
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89 - Maleficent
SLEEPING BEAUTY
1959
Maleficent doesn't know anything about love, or kindness, or the joy of helping others. You know, sometimes I don't think she's really very happy.
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88 - Sam
TRICK 'R TREAT
2007
Samhain, also known as All Hallows' Eve, also known as Halloween. Pre-dating Christianity, the Celtic holiday was celebrated on the one night between autumn and winter when the barrier between the living and the dead was thinnest, and often involved rituals that included human sacrifice.
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87 - The Trolls
TROLLHUNTER
2010
There was a mountain troll territory up in Strynefjell. Back in the 70's they decided to build tunnels through that troll-rich area. Both the TSS and I tried to object, but to no avail. I was given the task of going in and exterminating all the trolls. Every last one. Pregnant females. Kids. Newborns that hadn't even learned to walk... It was a massacre.
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86 - "Edgar"
MEN IN BLACK
1997
Performed by Vincent D'Onofrio
Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper, is tear-assing around Manhattan Island in a brand-new Edgar suit. That sound like fun?
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85 - Max Schreck
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE
2000
Performed by Willem Dafoe
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Max Schreck, who will be portraying our vampire, Count Orlock. As you no doubt have heard, Max's methods are somewhat... unconventional, but... I am sure you will come to respect his artistry in this matter.
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84 - Vermithrax Pejorative
DRAGONSLAYER
1981
Oh, I know this creature of yours... Vermithrax Pejorative. Look at these scales, these ridges. When a dragon gets this old, it knows nothing but pain, constant pain. It grows decrepit... crippled... pitiful. Spiteful!
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83 - The Wolves
THE GREY
2012
Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day.
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82 - The Beast
THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
1953
New York is like a city besieged. A state of emergency has been declared... and the entire police force put on 24-hour duty. Civilian defense is fully mobilized... and shelters have been opened in an effort to stop the mounting hysteria. All traffic has been halted. And Times Square, the heart of New York, has stopped beating. The National Guard has been called out, fully armed. to repel the invader. This is full-scale war against a terrible enemy... such as modern man has never before faced. Ordinary bullets have no effect... and a method of destroying the awesome creature... has not yet been formulated. But the battle field has been cleared. Herald Square. 34th Street. Broadway. Every section of the city is guarded. No one knows where the monster will strike next. It was last seen on Wall Street, close to where it came ashore. But lower Manhattan has become no man's land... where the beast, at present, lies hidden. The National Guard is barricading the entire area... in an effort to confine the death and destruction... of what is already the worst disaster in New York's history.
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81 - Audrey II
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
1986
Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long - That's right, boy! - You can do it! Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long / Ha ha ha ha ha! / Cause if you feed me, Seymour / I can grow up big and strong.
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80 - Talos
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
1963
Created by Ray Harryhausen
The gods of Greece are cruel! In time, all men shall learn to live without them.
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79 - The Worms
TREMORS
1990
- No, you don't understand, these creatures are absolutely unprecedented.
- Yeah, but where do they come from?
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78 - The Thing
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD
1951
Watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!
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77 - Beetlejuice
BEETLEJUICE
1988
Performed by Michael Keaton
Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?
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76 - The Oogie Boogie Man
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
1993
Performed by Ken Page
I am the shadow on the moon at night / Filling your dreams to the brim with fright.
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75 - The Giant Squid
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
1954
Here on the ocean floor is the only independence. Here I am free! Imagine what would happen if they controlled machines such as this submarine boat. Far better that they think there's a monster and hunt me with harpoons.
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74 - The Fish Mutant
THE HOST
2006
US Doctor in Morgue: You don't have to clean up now. Why don't you dump this first?
Young Korean Doctor: That's formaline.
US Doctor in Morgue: Formaldehyde, to be precise. To be even more precise, dirty formaldehyde. Every bottle is coated with layers of dust. Pour 'em into the sink.
Young Korean Doctor: Excuse me?
US Doctor in Morgue: Just empty every bottle to the very last drop.
Young Korean Doctor: It's just - They are toxic chemicals, and the regulations state -
US Doctor in Morgue: Pour them right down the drain, Mr. Kim.
Young Korean Doctor: If I pour them in the drain, they'll run into the Han River.
US Doctor in Morgue: That's right. Let's just dump them in the Han River.
Young Korean Doctor: But, you know, this is not just any toxic chemicals -
US Doctor in Morgue: The Han River is very broad, Mr. Kim. Let's try to be broad-minded about this. Anyway, that's an order. So, start pouring.
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73 - The Aliens
ATTACK THE BLOCK
2011
- We should call the police.
- You'd be better off calling the Ghostbusters love.
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72 - The Vampire Gang
NEAR DARK
1987
Performed by Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Bill Paxton, Jenny Wright and Joshua John Miller
Howdy. I'm gonna separate your head from your shoulders. Hope you don't mind none.
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71 - Hellboy
HELLBOY (2004)
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (2008)
Performed by Ron Perlman
In the absence of light, darkness prevails. There are things that go bump in the night, Agent Myers. Make no mistake about that. And we are the ones who bump back.
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70 - The Aliens
THEY LIVE
1988
They are dismantling the sleeping middle class. More and more people are becoming poor. We are their cattle. We are being bred for slavery.
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69 - Count Dracula
HORROR OF DRACULA
1958
Performed by Peter Cushing
I am Dracula and I welcome you to my house. I must apologize for not being here to greet you personally, but I trust you've found everything you needed.
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68 - The Monsters in the Mist
THE MIST
2007
Yeah, we all heard stuff! Like uh, how they... they thought that there were other dimensions. You know, other... other worlds all around us, and how they wanted to try to make a window, you know, so they can look through and see what's on the other side.
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67 - David
THE LOST BOYS
1987
Performed by Keifer Sutherland
One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach, all the damn vampires.
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66 - The Gremlins
GREMLINS
1984
Well, that's the story. So if your air conditioner goes on the fritz or your washing machine blows up or your video recorder conks out; before you call the repairman turn on all the lights, check all the closets and cupboards, look under all the beds, 'cause you never can tell there just might be a gremlin in your house.
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65 - The Reavers
SERENITY
2005
Ain't logical. Cuttin' on his own face, rapin' and murdering - Hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight... or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman, or if I'm gettin' paid - mostly only when I'm gettin' paid. But these Reavers... last ten years they show up like the bogeyman from stories. Eating people alive? Where's that get fun?
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64 - The Spider
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
1957
In my hunt for food I had become the hunted. This time I survived, but I was no longer alone in my universe. I had an enemy, the most terrifying ever beheld by human eyes.
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63 - Jerry Dandridge
FRIGHT NIGHT
1985
Performed by Chris Sarandon
Hello, Edward. You don't have to be afraid of me. I know what it's like being different. Only they won't pick on you anymore... or beat you up. I'll see to that. All you have to do is take my hand.
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62 - The Strangers
DARK CITY
1998
First there was darkness. Then came the strangers. They were a race as old as time itself. They had mastered the ultimate technology. The ability to alter physical reality by will alone. They called this ability "Tuning". But they were dying. Their civilization was in decline, and so they abandoned their world seeking a cure for their own mortality. Their endless journey brought them to a small, blue world in the farthest corner of the galaxy. Our world. Here they thought they had finally found what they had been searching for.
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61 - The Skeleton Army
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
1963
Created by Ray Harryhausen
Destroy them... Kill... Kill! Kill! Kill them all!
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60 - Terror Dogs
GHOSTBUSTERS
1984
You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client - the nice lady, *who paid us in advance*, before she became a dog...
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59 - The Beast Men
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS
1932
Performed by Bela Lugosi
You! You made us in the house of pain! You made us... things! Not men! Not beasts! Part man... part beast! Things!
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58 - Bathsheba
THE CONJURING
2013
Performed by Joseph Bishara
Since the 1960s, Ed and Lorraine Warren have been known as the world's most renowned paranormal investigators. Lorraine is a gifted clairvoyant, while Ed is the only non-ordained Demonologist recognized by the Catholic church. Out of the thousands of cases throughout their controversial careers, there is one case so malevolent, they've kept it locked away until now.
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57 - The Infected
28 DAYS LATER
2002
It started as rioting. But right from the beginning you knew this was different. Because it was happening in small villages, market towns. And then it wasn't on the TV any more. It was in the street outside. It was coming in through your windows. It was a virus. An infection. You didn't need a doctor to tell you that. It was the blood. It was something in the blood. By the time they tried to evacuate the cities it was already too late. Army blockades were overrun. And that's when the exodus started. Before the TV and radio stopped broadcasting there were reports of infection in Paris and New York. We didn't hear anything more after that.
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56 - The Hungarian Horntail
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
2005
- Dragons? That's the first task? You're joking!
- Come on, Harry. They're seriously misunderstood creatures. Although, I have to admit, that Horntail is a right nasty piece of work.
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55 - The Martians
WAR OF THE WORLDS
1953
No one would have believed in the middle of the 20th Century that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than Man's. Yet, across the gulf of space on the planet Mars, intellects vast and cool and unsypathetic regarded our Earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely joined their plans against us. Mars is more than 140 million miles from the sun, and for centuries has been in the last status of exhaustion. At night, temperatures drop far below zero even at its equator. Inhabitants of this dying planet looked across space with instruments and intelligences that which we have scarcely dreamed, searching for another world to which they could migrate.
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54 - The Giant Ants
THEM!
1954
AHHH! THEM! THEM! THEM!
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53 - The Poltergeist
POLTERGEIST
1982
They're here.
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52 - Shelob
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
2003
Naughty little fly. Why does he cry? Caught in a web. Soon you'll be... eaten.
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51 - The Other Mother
CORALINE
2009
Performed by Teri Hatcher
You know, you could stay forever, if you want to. There's one tiny thing we have to do first...
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50 - Velociraptors
JURASSIC PARK
1993
OK, try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex - he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Velociraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two raptors you didn't even know were there. Because Velociraptor's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... A six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here, or here... Or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is, you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know, try to show a little respect.
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THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
1957
Let's let our friend here rest in peace... while he can.
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48 - The Cloverfield Monster
CLOVERFIELD
2008
Shut up! All right, we don't know what we saw. The point is it's still here, all right? So we need to get the hell out of Manhattan! Now!
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47 - The Infected
[REC]
2007
It's nearly 2 A.M. and we're still sealed in this building that we came to with the firemen earlier this evening, to assist an elderly woman who later attacked a policeman and a fireman. They're both in critical condition. The police won't let us leave and are giving us no explanations.
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46 - The Red Demon
INSIDIOUS
2010
Performed by Joseph Bishara
They're all trying to get inside his physical body simply because they... they crave life; the chance to live again. But there are other entities who are malevolent and have a more insidious agenda. And then there's this... A demon who seeks Dalton's body for one reason - to cause pain to others.
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45 - The Basilisk
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
2002
Now according to legend, Slytherin had built a hidden chamber in this castle, known as the Chamber of Secrets. Though shortly before departing, he sealed it until that time when his own true heir returned to the school. The heir alone would be able to open the chamber and unleash the horror within, and by so doing, purge the school of all those who, in Slytherin's view, were unworthy to study magic.
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44 - An Army of Nightmare Creatures
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
2012
This is all most unpleasant. I know you can hear me. I hope you'll listen. You won't get out of this complex alive. What I want you to try to understand is that you mustn't. Your deaths will avert countless others. You've seen horrible things: an army of nightmare creatures. And they are real. But they are nothing compared to what lies beneath us. There is a greater good, and for that you must be sacrificed. Forgive us... and let us end it quickly.
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43 - The Prawns
DISTRICT 9
2009
When dealing with aliens, try to be polite, but firm. And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet.
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42 - Mr. Hyde
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
1931
Portrayed by Frederic March
If you do one thing I don't approve of while I'm gone, the LEAST little thing, mind you... I'll show you what horror means!
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41 - The Candyman
CANDYMAN
1992
Portrayed by Tony Todd
If you look in the mirror and you say his name 5 times, he'll appear behind you breathing down your neck.
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40 - Dr. Jack Griffin
THE INVISIBLE MAN
1933
Portrayed by Claude Rains
An invisible man can rule the world. Nobody will see him come, nobody will see him go. He can hear every secret. He can rob, and rape, and kill!
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39 - The Id Monster
FORBIDDEN PLANET
1956
Monsters from the subconscious. Of course. That's what Doc meant. Morbius. The big machine, 8,000 miles of klystron relays, enough power for a whole population of creative geniuses, operated by remote control. Morbius, operated by the electromagnetic impulses of individual Krell brains.
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38 - Eli
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
2008
Portrayed by Lina Leandersson
- Are you a vampire?
- I live off blood... Yes.
- Are you... dead?
- No. Can't you tell?
- But... Are you old?
- I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time
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37 - Smaug
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
2013
Portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch
Revenge? REVENGE? I will show you revenge! I am fire... I am... death!
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36 - The Rancor
RETURN OF THE JEDI
1983
There will be no bargain, young Jedi. I shall enjoy watching you die.
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35 - The Kaiju
PACIFIC RIM
2013
Then the third one hit Cabo. And then the fourth. And then we learned this was not gonna stop. This was just the beginning. We needed a new weapon. The world came together, pooling it's resources and throwing aside old rivalries for the sake of the greater good. To fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. The Jaeger program was born.
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34 - The Dementors
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
2004
A word of caution: dementors are vicious creatures. They will not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way. Therefore I must warn each and every one of you to give them no reason to harm you. It's not in the nature of a dementor to be forgiving. But you know happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.
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33 - Hulk
THE AVENGERS
2012
Portrayed by Mark Ruffalo
You and me, we stay here on the ground, keep the fighting here. And Hulk? Smash!
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32 - Count Dracula
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
1992
Portrayed by Gary Oldman
I shall rise from my own death, to avenge hers with all the powers of darkness.
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31 - The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man
GHOSTBUSTERS
1984
I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay Puft!
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30 - Balrog
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
2001
A Balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. Run!
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29 - Pennywise
STEPHEN KING'S IT
1990
Portrayed by Tim Curry
I'm every nightmare you've ever had. I'm your worst dream come true. I'm everything you ever were afraid of.
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28 - "Pinhead"/The Lead Cenobite
HELLRAISER
1987
Portrayed by Doug Bradley
- I... I can... I can lead you to him and you... you can take him back instead of me!
- Perhaps we prefer YOU!
- I want to hear him confess, himself. Then maybe... maybe...
- But if you cheat us...
- We'll tear your soul apart!
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27 - "Gill-Man"
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
1954
Portrayed by Ricou Browning, Ben Champman
There are many strange legends in the Amazon. Even I, Lucas, have heard the legend of a man-fish.
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26 - Imhotep
THE MUMMY
1932
Portrayed by Boris Karloff
Anck-es-en-Amon, my love has lasted longer than the temples of our gods. No man ever suffered as I did for you.
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25 - David Kessler
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
1981
Portrayed by David Naughton
The wolf's bloodline must be severed; the last remaining werewolf must be destroyed. It's you, David.
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24 - The Pod People
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
1956, 1978
People are being duplicated. And once it happens to you, you're part of this... thing. It almost happened to me!
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23 - Sadako
RINGU
1998
Portrayed by Rie Ino'o
- So that video is...
- It's not of this world. It's Sadako's fury. And she's put a curse on us.
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22 - Erik, The Phantom
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
1925
Portrayed by Lon Chaney
If I am the Phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so... If I shall be saved, it will be because your love redeems me.
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21 - The Predator
PREDATOR
1987
Portrayed by Kevin Peter Hall
- What the hell *are* you?
- What the hell are *you*?
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20 - Brundlefly
THE FLY
1986
Portrayed by Jeff Goldblum
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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19 - The Thing
THE THING
1982
I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is.
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18 - The Monster's Mate
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
1935
Portrayed by Elsa Lancaster
To a new world of gods and monsters!
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17 - Count Orlock
NOSFERATU
1922
Portrayed by Max Schreck
Is this your wife? What a lovely throat.
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16 - The Pale Man
PAN'S LABYRINTH
2006
Portrayed by Doug Jones
Magic does not exist. Not for you, me or anyone else.
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15 - The Deadites
EVIL DEAD (1981)
EVIL DEAD II (1987)
ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992)
Look at her eyes. Look at her eyes! For God's sake, what happened to her eyes?
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14 - Pazuzu
THE EXORCIST
1973
Portrayed by Linda Blair, Mercedes McCambridge
Be gone...from this creature of God! Be gone! In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit!
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13 - The Living Dead
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth.
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12 - The Wolf Man
THE WOLF MAN
1941
Portrayed by Lon Chaney Jr
It isn't a wolf... it's a werewolf!
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11 - The T-Rex
JURASSIC PARK
1993
T-Rex doesn't want to be fed. He wants to hunt. Can't just suppress 65 million years of gut instinct.
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10 - Michael Myers, aka "The Shape"
HALLOWEEN
1978
Portrayed by Nick Castle
(Yes, we know Michael was just a human in the first film. However, he keeps coming back from the dead, so we say he counts as a monster.)
- A man wouldn't do that.
- This isn't a man.
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9 - Jason Vorhees
FRIDAY THE 13th: THE FINAL CHAPTER
1984
Portrayed by Ted White
- Jason's body has disappeared from the morgue.
- It was stolen.
- It was not stolen. Two people at the hospital are missing. Is this coincidence? He's alive.
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8 - Leatherface
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
1974
Portrayed by Gunnar Hansen
The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths, in particular Sally Hardesty and her invalid brother, Franklin. It is all the more tragic in that they were young. But, had they lived very, very long lives, they could not have expected nor would they have wished to see as much of the mad and macabre as they were to see that day. For them an idyllic summer afternoon drive became a nightmare. The events of that day were to lead to the discovery of one of the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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7 - Freddy Krueger
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREEM (1984)
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: THE DREAM WARRIORS
WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE (1994)
Portrayed by Robert Englund
I probably could have saved her if I'd have moved sooner. But I thought it was just another nightmare, like the one I had the night before. There was... there was this guy; he had knives for fingers.
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6 - The Alien(s)
ALIEN (1979)
ALIENS (1986)
Created by HR Gieger
They mostly come out at night... mostly.
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5 - The Shark
JAWS
1975
You're going to need a bigger boat.
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4 - Count Dracula
DRACULA
1931
Portrayed by Bela Lugosi
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
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3 - Godzilla
GODZILLA
1954
I can't believe that Godzilla was the only surviving member of its species... But if we continue conducting nuclear tests... it's possible that another Godzilla might appear somewhere in the world again.
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2 - Kong
KING KONG
1933
And now, ladies and gentlemen, before I tell you any more, I'm going to show you the greatest thing your eyes have ever beheld. He was a king and a god in the world he knew, but now he comes to civilization merely a captive - a show to gratify your curiosity. Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World.
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1 - The Monster
FRANKENSTEIN
1931
Portrayed by Boris Karloff
Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE! Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!
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