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LeftHandedGuitarist
06-03-2002, 19:05
What are everybody's list of the scariest movie monsters (alien/human or otherwise) ever put onto our screens? Either from the way they looked, or from the way they killed people, or whatever.
TOP OF MY LIST:
The ALIEN movies aliens. Absolutely terrifying and at certain points in the movies look so real. Nasty ways of killing people too.
Not much else has scared me in comparison. I'll put some more when you lot put the ideas in my head!
Pinhead or any other ghoulie from the Hellraiser movies .:eek:
To be honest the only monster that wigged me out was that weird whispy haired ghost from Poltergueist. It's only on screen for about a 30 seconds if that.
Oh and the ghost in the library in Ghostbusters. That creeped me out when i first saw it. :D
wide_inside
06-03-2002, 19:30
Sadako in 1&2. In 0 she's much more shaggable.
wide
By far the scariest movie monster I've ever seen is the shark from Jaws.
Now tell me you've never felt nervous in water after watching the film!
Just Call Me Wanda
06-03-2002, 21:09
I'm sure possessed Regan in The Exorcist must count!
dmb6473a
06-03-2002, 21:15
The kiddie catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!! :eek:
Maxamillion
06-03-2002, 21:19
The nazi things from American werewolf in London.
Hmmm, is that a knock at my door, better get it......
Bapapapa
06-03-2002, 22:10
Bobby.
those dead sailor blokes from John Carpenters The Fog.
Seen this when i was younger late one night and it didnt fail to make me turn my boxer shorts brown :eek: :eek:
The dead floating kid tapping on the window in Salem's Lot:(
Also the zombies in George A. Romero's Dead trilogy.
Speaking of Salems' Lot ..........
When I first saw this (must have been late 70s when it was first aired on the BBC in two parts) I was about 11 and I don't think I've ever been as scared as when I first saw "The Master" appear in that prison cell - slow build up, plenty of shadows [not Hank Marvin] and before you can say Jack Robinson, there's this big ugly, blue, hissing thing in close up.
Zoinks! As Shaggy would say.
Pennywise ...that nasty clown :eek:
Pike Bishop
07-03-2002, 07:28
Originally posted by bash
Pennywise ...that nasty clown :eek:
Who turned into a really scary spider :rolleyes:
Mine would probably be The Thing. Come to think of it that turns into a spider at one point. I thought John Doe in Seven was pretty scary as well (if you can class that as a monster).
Rawhead Rex or The Thing get my vote!:eek:
The Morelocks from The Time Machine.
Br*tney Spears from its new movie...........
The_Evil_Dean
07-03-2002, 08:29
The polymorph scared me when I was little :D
I think that the thing is pretty cool, the werewolf from an american werewolf in london,Jeepers creepers thing, Romero's zombies, Evil ED from Evil dead 2, Reagan, the rat thing from 'Dusk till dawn'.
I LEIK MONsTeRS !!!11111
The monster in Alien - but not when you see it at the end - no, that just ruins it - it's when you see it being tracked as a blip of light on the panel, closing in on the crew member. That was really scarey.
The best monsters are ones you don't see - ever.
Art Vanderlay
07-03-2002, 08:40
The red-coated thing at the end of Nic Roeg's Don't Look Now
Originally posted by wide_inside
Sadako
yep gotta agree, thats a scary woman! :eek:
I remember the yeti thing in the film <b>The Creature from Boggy Creek</b> (think that was the films name?) :eek:
Gremlins from Gremlins 2:p
Dan Druff
07-03-2002, 10:35
The Killer Klowns from Outer Space.
The ventriloquists dummy in Dead of Night.
The horseman in Disney's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
..and though not really a monster, The Wicker Man.
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SqueakyG
07-03-2002, 12:46
Pennywise in It.
The dancing midget from Twin Peaks.
Some of the gory stuff from The Thing.
Possessed Regan in The Exorcist.
The shark in Jaws.
John Hodson
07-03-2002, 14:14
Christopher Lee whipping off his bandages in Frankenstein.
Anything you couldn't quite see...
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So many films, so little time...
Any movie containing puppets (except Puppet Master) that move by themselves.
Dolls and puppets kinda scare me :confused: :confused:
Then again any recent video from Michael Jackson is really scary.
He looked better in Thriller than he does today
Michael Brooke
07-03-2002, 15:02
I’m amazed no-one’s mentioned the terrifying killer carpet in <I>The Creeping Terror</I>, or the title characters in <I>The Killer Shrews</I>.
Then again, I’m easily amazed.
The demons in Jacobs Ladder - end of...
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The Headless Horseman in Will Hay's 'Ask a Policeman' (I think). Scared the cr@p out of me as a kid. ;)
The dancing midget from Twin Peaks.
A white lodge inhabitant - not a bad bone in his body!!
I can't work out how to put a picture on this damn thing:mad: so follow this link (http://www.stomptokyo.com/badmoviereport/kshrews.html) and scroll down about half the page for a fearsome creature indeed.
:eek:
Well, I reckon that the head ghoul in Carnival of Souls is pretty creepy - I very nearly soiled myself as a kid after seeing him pop up.
Also, the whistling, hoarse breathing of the head witch/director from Suspiria - nasty....
Originally posted by Robby
Oh and the ghost in the library in Ghostbusters. That creeped me out when i first saw it. :D
That used to give me nightmares!!! Had to hide behind the settee until that scene had gone :eek:
The twin girls and the dead woman in the bathroom in the Shining scare the bejesus out of me.
And the old man in poltergiest
Dan Druff
07-03-2002, 16:59
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Dr Derek Doctors
07-03-2002, 17:28
Originally posted by wide_inside
Sadako in 1&2. In 0 she's much more shaggable.
wide
I should think so. For a start, she's alive in that one. ;)
For me the scariest movie monster is probably either Pinhead (in the original, all the sequels devalued him immensley) or any ghost in and ghost film ever. They always do me something chronic.
George vader
07-03-2002, 18:25
The wicked witch in The Wizard Of Oz !!!!!!!!!:eek:
The incredibly freaky short guy with the weird white face, in "Lost Highway".
That film scared the crap out of me...
Originally posted by simmo
Pinhead or any other ghoulie from the Hellraiser movies .:eek:
Have to agree with you on that.
jamie_rowe
07-03-2002, 22:01
The creature at the end of The Creeping Flesh. Also the Thing when it's a dog and the Alien
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diydestruction
07-03-2002, 22:10
the t1000......
ok... maybe not...
Actually Arnie in T1 scared me when I first watched it. Especially at the end.
The Car in "the Car" was kinda scary.
Actually Arnie in T1 scared me when I first watched it. Especially at the end.
The Car in "the Car" was kinda scary.
Sorry double post.
Can't think of anything that is really scary these days, but when I was younger the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang scared me. The incredible Hulk used to scare me when he was changing into the Hulk.
scaramanga
08-03-2002, 23:38
I always remember my first real scare was from that troll in.... The Troll! :eek: Then shortly after Chucky, i had nightmares for weeks. Always kept thinking i saw shadows of feet running through the light seeping under my bedroom door!
Also think the Umpa Lumpas deserve a mention!
pompeyfan
09-03-2002, 01:50
The Tall Man from the Phantasm films (and of course those dwarves)
Originally posted by Mr_Gimp
The incredibly freaky short guy with the weird white face, in "Lost Highway".
That film scared the crap out of me...
Good Call!
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scaramanga
09-03-2002, 15:00
Originally posted by pompeyfan
The Tall Man from the Phantasm films
BOOOOOOY!:D
Sloth from Seven. I went numb
What about when the Urak-Hai come out of the ground in LOTR!!
Had to hold on to my nine year old brother!!:eek:
Well, not really, but bloody scary though!
Mother Teresa in <b>Don't Look Now</b> gets my vote.
Although, Carrie's mother is pretty damned scary too - as is the fact that I find her incredibly sexually exciting.
The scariest monster I've ever seen, however, was some creature called Maggie in "The Downing Street Years". Surely such things can't really exist.
Boris Karloff's 1931 Frankenstein's monster !!!!
Just Call Me Wanda
11-03-2002, 15:30
Although, Carrie's mother is pretty damned scary too - as is the fact that I find her incredibly sexually exciting.
:D - yep, that is scary! ;)
Arnie (in T1) freaked me out when I was younger too.
Some others:
That weird monkey type creature at the end of Fire Walk With Me.
As mentioned, Penny Wise from IT.
When David turns into the werewolf in An American Werewolf In London and he looks at the camera. That always scares me, even now! I always think - he's coming after me next! :)
And, the kid in The Omen is a pretty scary character.
Posted by SimonI:
The monster in Alien - but not - Spoiler:
when you see it at the end - no, that just ruins it.
...yeah, when you see the guy in the suit! :)
monkeyboy
11-03-2002, 18:38
Those little spikey Critters were quite scary!
Pennywise gets my vote too, (I hate Clowns).
Also Jason Vorhees and Michael Myers - They just keep coming back no matter what happened to them.
But the fim creatures that scared me the most were from that trashy old film Fright Night!! Gave me nightmares for weeks when I was a kid!!
:rolleyes:
Aardvark
11-03-2002, 18:54
Another vote for Salem's Lot. I'm not a great horror fan but this adaptation did it for me.
Mr. Barlow is slugging it out with Christopher Lee as the scariest vampire ever.
Aardvark
11-03-2002, 19:01
Oh, and I know it's not a movie, but that horrible plastic doll thing from Dr. Who And The Return (or was it Revenge?) Of The Autons gave me nightmares when I first saw it as a kid. I'm now 40 and it still gives me the creeps!
richpoyle
12-03-2002, 00:41
That big demon thing in, er, Night of the Demon.
"It's in the trees! It's coming!"
Nick dVl
12-03-2002, 13:46
Isn't that midget in Twin Peaks currently in some advert on the telly? I could swear it was him...
Just Call Me Wanda
12-03-2002, 18:08
Originally posted by Nick dVl
Isn't that midget in Twin Peaks currently in some advert on the telly? I could swear it was him...
..yes, he's the one in the advert, but I can't remember what he's selling - I think it's some sort of chocolate biscuit.
Pipes from Ghostwatch.
Regan when possessed in The Exorcist.
There's also a shot in The Beyond when MacColl and Warbeck drive away from the house and once they've gone the lights all start coming on and you see the shilouettes of shuffling zombies through the windows. This really creeped me out for soem unkown reason.
And surely Joe Pesci's characters in both Goodfellas and Casino must count as monsters? Scary.
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