What Are Your Favorite Monsters in Movies and Television?

Ah, yeah, Thomas, Thing had a personality all of his own. Not so monstrous as amusing, I think.
 
I'm not sure that all here will agree that my nominee is indeed a "monster" within the meaning of this thread...if so, my apologies.
Nonetheless, there was one creature in a movie that raised a fear reaction in me more than any other movie monster:

Jaws.

The original, yes, the one from the first movie. And I will tell you why: I first saw that movie in a downtown Minneapolis theater, in the early afternoon of a bright, sunny day -- and when it was over and my friends and I were walking away from the theater, along a hot city sidewalk -- I kept looking behind me, unable to convince myself that the damned fish was not going to come up the gutter from behind me!!!
 
Being analytical about all this: I think I'm assuming that the term "monsters," as used in this thread, excludes human beings or things that look as if they're human? That would of course leave out Freddie Kruger, so I won't bother to mention him...

But another pair of criteria for a good monster, I think, would be (1) something that presents some danger, and (2) something that stalks people.

So another creature to be mentioned, imho, is from Peter Pan: that crocodile that, in the past, ate the hand of Captain Hook, and later ate a clock (resulting in the ticking noise that thereafter preceded its comings...). Of course, as far as I know, it only presented a danger to Hook, himself -- having apparently really liked the taste it got. But still.

(Was it ever explained how the clock, which was apparently one of those old-fashioned wind-up things, kept on ticking? Who went in there to wind it up from time to time?)

Shifting gears: I think possibly the first movie monster I ever saw (I led a sheltered childhood) was one of the classics: The Monster from the Black Lagoon.
 
2DaveWixon said:
Being analytical about all this: I think I'm assuming that the term "monsters," as used in this thread, excludes human beings or things that look as if they're human? That would of course leave out Freddie Kruger, so I won't bother to mention him...

But another pair of criteria for a good monster, I think, would be (1) something that presents some danger, and (2) something that stalks people.

So another creature to be mentioned, imho, is from Peter Pan: that crocodile that, in the past, ate the hand of Captain Hook, and later ate a clock (resulting in the ticking noise that thereafter preceded its comings...). Of course, as far as I know, it only presented a danger to Hook, himself -- having apparently really liked the taste it got. But still.

(Was it ever explained how the clock, which was apparently one of those old-fashioned wind-up things, kept on ticking? Who went in there to wind it up from time to time?)

Shifting gears: I think possibly the first movie monster I ever saw (I led a sheltered childhood) was one of the classics: The Monster from the Black Lagoon.
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Shouldn't that be "creature" of the black lagoon?

They're ancient, they resemble spiders, their human agent is a snappy dresser, and consider all life to be one big social experiment. It's The Shadows from Babylon 5.

I we expand the parameters to games I'd like to add "The Beast" from Homeworld:Cataclysm. Think of it as The Borg, but no amount of surgery will make you come back.
 
The much larger version of King Kong in The Skull Island preview looks pretty damned scary to me ! :eek:
 
The giant cyclops in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad A terrific monster also in that film, the Giant two headed Roc bird and the dragon .:) This a great fantasy film one the best and most imaginative ever made. (y)
 
The facehugger from Alien. The complete killing machine, which reminded me of another creepy crawly - the spider head from The Thing.

Both creatures freak me out a little because they have spindly legs and can scuttle into the shadows quite fast. Just like ordinary spiders!
 
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