without them there’d be no Cullen’s
cloverfield or kaiju
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
classic movie monsters for this list
we’re looking at those creatures which
started the trend of movie monsters and
decades later are still haunting our
dreams
ah
number 10 Universal Studios gave us many
memorable screen monsters including the
mummy originally played by horror legend
Boris Karloff the reincarnation of an
Egyptian priest the mummies aim is to
find his reincarnated lost love
unfortunately he also wants to kill her
and turn her into a mummy holy maiden I
was like consecrated vessel I broke my
vows save me now teach me the ancient
summons the holy spells I forgotten I
call upon their Davone not exactly what
we call romantic but it’s definitely
horrifying over the years The Mummy
himself has turned up in many films
including a brendan fraiser retread
we are in serious trouble number nine
the BLA well it’s kind of like them it’s
kind of like a mess it keeps getting
bigger and bigger
come on Steve makes sense the 1950s
featured a lot of monsters from outer
space but non made the impact of the
blob sure it basically looked like a big
wad of pink bubblegum
but this bubblegum wanted to chew on you
not the other way around an oozing mass
of alien protoplasm the blob seemed
indestructible bullets couldn’t harm it
and it ate anyone who got in its way
except Steve McQueen of course the blob
was vulnerable to cold and well no one
was cooler than the Queen hey that’s it
it’s cold that’s why I didn’t come in
the icebox after said cab stand cold
number eight count or lock Nosferatu a
symphony of horror
Count Orlok was a ripoff of Dracula but
this vampire was far less human than the
suave Transylvanian count our lock was
creepily portrayed by the bizarre Max
Schreck who is said to have taken on a
lot of the characteristics of the
creature during filming warlock is pure
evil a folkloric figure that embodies
the terrors that await us in our
nightmares they don’t get much more
chilling or ugly than this
seriously dude trim those nails number
seven the fly you’ll be all right now
I know 1958’s the fly was created when a
scientist tried out his new matter
transportation invention on himself
unfortunately a fly wandered in at the
last moment resulting in the titular
monster a grotesque mixture of man and
insect his human mind devolving into
insect savagery yes
insect savagery the fly ends his life
but still came back for two sequels and
an acclaimed Jeff Goldblum remake
number six the Phantom of the Opera
we meet several times and the basis of
the longest-running musical in Broadway
history 1925 s the Phantom of the Opera
chilled audiences
thanks to Lon Chaney’s brilliant
performance a deformed composer living
in the bowels of the Opera House the
Phantom is a monster driven by passion
in cheney’s keenly observed portrayal
the monster is both magnetic and
repulsive sympathetic and cold-blooded
and utterly unforgettable
number five the Wolfman
universals the wolfman indelibly
impacted the horror genre and started
the werewolf trend that continues to
this day
played by Lon Chaney jr. the wolf man
himself appeals to viewers because he’s
a monster totally by accident when
saving a young woman he’s bitten by a
werewolf and becomes one himself
before Godzilla
Japan’s most famous monster Godzilla has
starred in more than two dozen films the
giant lizard with really bad breath is a
prehistoric dinosaur brought back to
life by nuclear radiation although
Godzilla likes fighting other oversized
monsters nothing makes his little
reptile heart happier than stomping
through Midtown Tokyo hey the guy just
happens to like neon
number three King Kong
ladies and gentlemen look at Kong the
eighth wonder of the world the story of
King Kong teaches three important
lessons one bigger is not always better
two gorillas and blondes don’t mix and
three no flash photography
the giant gorilla was perfectly happy
back on Skull Island eating virgin
sacrifices and playing with Dinosaurs
but the promise of Fame was too strong
for him another victim of hollywood’s
live fast die young culture it was
Beauty kill the Beast
number two Count Dracula I am Dracula
Count Dracula came to fame in Bram
Stoker’s novel but it was universals
1931 film that brought him immortality
Bela Lugosi’s mesmerizing Dracula made
Edward Cullen possible no probably not
but he has none of Cullen’s humanity or
Sparkle sophisticated hypnotic
controlling and unflappable Count
Dracula is the embodiment of cold
cunning mixed with a remorseless will to
survive who could resist that
combination um yeah
before we get to our number one spot
here are a few honorable mentions
quickly
mr. Hall I’ve had a serious accident
it’s just figured me want anything else
be in the morning
you’re wiser than anything on earth use
that intelligence look at me know what
I’m trying to tell you I’m not your
enemy I’m a scientist I’m a scientist
who’s trying
number one Frankenstein’s monster
Frankenstein 1931 s Frankenstein maybe
named after the mad scientist but it’s
the monster that everyone calls by that
name the shrinkage guy
Boris Karloff created a monstrosity that
breaks the viewers heart
he’s a childlike creature that rebels
and terrorizes not because it is evil
but because it is hurt frightened and
confused Frankenstein’s monster wants
nothing more than to be loved and
understood something that every viewer
can still identify with plus you gotta
love those retro neck bolts get away
with that torch do you agree with our
list which classic movie monster makes
your skin crawl for more spooky top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
cloverfield or kaiju
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
classic movie monsters for this list
we’re looking at those creatures which
started the trend of movie monsters and
decades later are still haunting our
dreams
ah
number 10 Universal Studios gave us many
memorable screen monsters including the
mummy originally played by horror legend
Boris Karloff the reincarnation of an
Egyptian priest the mummies aim is to
find his reincarnated lost love
unfortunately he also wants to kill her
and turn her into a mummy holy maiden I
was like consecrated vessel I broke my
vows save me now teach me the ancient
summons the holy spells I forgotten I
call upon their Davone not exactly what
we call romantic but it’s definitely
horrifying over the years The Mummy
himself has turned up in many films
including a brendan fraiser retread
we are in serious trouble number nine
the BLA well it’s kind of like them it’s
kind of like a mess it keeps getting
bigger and bigger
come on Steve makes sense the 1950s
featured a lot of monsters from outer
space but non made the impact of the
blob sure it basically looked like a big
wad of pink bubblegum
but this bubblegum wanted to chew on you
not the other way around an oozing mass
of alien protoplasm the blob seemed
indestructible bullets couldn’t harm it
and it ate anyone who got in its way
except Steve McQueen of course the blob
was vulnerable to cold and well no one
was cooler than the Queen hey that’s it
it’s cold that’s why I didn’t come in
the icebox after said cab stand cold
number eight count or lock Nosferatu a
symphony of horror
Count Orlok was a ripoff of Dracula but
this vampire was far less human than the
suave Transylvanian count our lock was
creepily portrayed by the bizarre Max
Schreck who is said to have taken on a
lot of the characteristics of the
creature during filming warlock is pure
evil a folkloric figure that embodies
the terrors that await us in our
nightmares they don’t get much more
chilling or ugly than this
seriously dude trim those nails number
seven the fly you’ll be all right now
I know 1958’s the fly was created when a
scientist tried out his new matter
transportation invention on himself
unfortunately a fly wandered in at the
last moment resulting in the titular
monster a grotesque mixture of man and
insect his human mind devolving into
insect savagery yes
insect savagery the fly ends his life
but still came back for two sequels and
an acclaimed Jeff Goldblum remake
number six the Phantom of the Opera
we meet several times and the basis of
the longest-running musical in Broadway
history 1925 s the Phantom of the Opera
chilled audiences
thanks to Lon Chaney’s brilliant
performance a deformed composer living
in the bowels of the Opera House the
Phantom is a monster driven by passion
in cheney’s keenly observed portrayal
the monster is both magnetic and
repulsive sympathetic and cold-blooded
and utterly unforgettable
number five the Wolfman
universals the wolfman indelibly
impacted the horror genre and started
the werewolf trend that continues to
this day
played by Lon Chaney jr. the wolf man
himself appeals to viewers because he’s
a monster totally by accident when
saving a young woman he’s bitten by a
werewolf and becomes one himself
before Godzilla
Japan’s most famous monster Godzilla has
starred in more than two dozen films the
giant lizard with really bad breath is a
prehistoric dinosaur brought back to
life by nuclear radiation although
Godzilla likes fighting other oversized
monsters nothing makes his little
reptile heart happier than stomping
through Midtown Tokyo hey the guy just
happens to like neon
number three King Kong
ladies and gentlemen look at Kong the
eighth wonder of the world the story of
King Kong teaches three important
lessons one bigger is not always better
two gorillas and blondes don’t mix and
three no flash photography
the giant gorilla was perfectly happy
back on Skull Island eating virgin
sacrifices and playing with Dinosaurs
but the promise of Fame was too strong
for him another victim of hollywood’s
live fast die young culture it was
Beauty kill the Beast
number two Count Dracula I am Dracula
Count Dracula came to fame in Bram
Stoker’s novel but it was universals
1931 film that brought him immortality
Bela Lugosi’s mesmerizing Dracula made
Edward Cullen possible no probably not
but he has none of Cullen’s humanity or
Sparkle sophisticated hypnotic
controlling and unflappable Count
Dracula is the embodiment of cold
cunning mixed with a remorseless will to
survive who could resist that
combination um yeah
before we get to our number one spot
here are a few honorable mentions
quickly
mr. Hall I’ve had a serious accident
it’s just figured me want anything else
be in the morning
you’re wiser than anything on earth use
that intelligence look at me know what
I’m trying to tell you I’m not your
enemy I’m a scientist I’m a scientist
who’s trying
number one Frankenstein’s monster
Frankenstein 1931 s Frankenstein maybe
named after the mad scientist but it’s
the monster that everyone calls by that
name the shrinkage guy
Boris Karloff created a monstrosity that
breaks the viewers heart
he’s a childlike creature that rebels
and terrorizes not because it is evil
but because it is hurt frightened and
confused Frankenstein’s monster wants
nothing more than to be loved and
understood something that every viewer
can still identify with plus you gotta
love those retro neck bolts get away
with that torch do you agree with our
list which classic movie monster makes
your skin crawl for more spooky top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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