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Most Horrifying Horror Creature Invented?
Copper_Wings wrote: "Cracked has done some articles on why certain monsters resonate with certain people/situation/political climates.Namely, zombies are faceless consumerism, an all-devouring crowd with not enough i..."
Very interesting observation. I commented on another thread a day or two ago about why zombies don't scare me (society has inured me to them). I also said that these days vampires annoy me, but I wasn't sure exactly why until just now. As I get older, more cynical, antisocial and apolitical, the harder it is to scare me.
The girl creature that's kills the partiers in the motel from the movie V/H/S.
That was a scary one, Jeff! So was the first one for me.
Zelda from pet semetery terrified me for years.but I think the alien from Alien taps into so many primal fears that it wins hands down for me
Zelda scarred me a hell of a lot, too, when I was a kid. That twisted back, her evil cackle, those spider leg thin fingers. The thought that a disease could do that to you seriously freaked me out.
Sugarplum Fairy from (view spoiler).You never see her doing anything but dancing, but she's got nested mouths like a leach, and there's blood on the walls in the last scene she's shown in.
I'm so NOT a vampire kind of Guy, however, the vampires of "30 Days of Night" I thought held what I think the word 'primal' represents and the way vampires should be thought of. They were wicked scary and the image of them eating stays with you.
The Alien from the original Alien. A monster that is nearly indestructible, and who's design is as beautiful as it is horrific.
Cthulhu, hands down. Pyramid Head comes in second for me. I find both of them interesting and frightening. I would be almost tempted to meet them if they existed but I'd be terrified all the same.
Thaddeus from the first season of American Horror Story freaked me out and definitely gave me feelings of dread and unease when I had to go to my basement.
Kit wrote: "The Alien from the original Alien. A monster that is nearly indestructible, and who's design is as beautiful as it is horrific."I agree. Think this would be my pick
The infected from 28 days later freaked me out.
Sleestaks from Land of the Lost. Creeped me out when I was 5, and does to this day.
Halloween - that painted William Shatner mask still creeps me out. I want to say Damien from the Omen but he's real.
For me, it's totally the monster in The Crate.
Creepshow.
Creepshow.
I'm not sure if he qualifies as a monster but Pinhead from Hellraiser has always given me the creeps.
Those tribble things in Star Trek are pretty scary. They're cute, furry, make soothing noises, but are so insidious, and breed like tribbles. Within a week, 2 tribbles can multiply into a million, and half your planet has starved to death because all your food went on feeding them!
There's been a lot of creations that have scared me over the years, but after a while, most lose their effectiveness: Freddy becomes mundane, Jason become a joke, Michael Myers is something in between, etc. Two things that have not lost their shock value for me, however, are...The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz
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The Child Catcher from Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang.
As I get older, I realize how ingeniously loathsome and nasty a creation both of these really are.
Squire wrote: "There's been a lot of ofthingsthat have scared me over the years, but after a while, most lose their effectiveness: Freddy becomes mundane, Jason become a joke, etc. Two thing that have not lost th..."Spot on with those two! I forgot about them!
I can hardly bear to look at the Joker in the original series of Batman. He literally turns my stomach.
Young man: Sheriff its in there!Sheriff: Whats in there son?
Young Man: The Blob!
Come on you mean to tell me a giant brown substance that gets massively bigger until it swallows you whole isnt scary enough?! Ahhh!
Yeah, I remember being terrified of the Child Catcher and the Wicked Witch when I was a kid. The Flying Monkeys freaked me out too......also the Oompa Loompas from the original Willie Wonka movie. I recall the banshee in the Disney movie "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" was pretty scary, too.
I'm totally freaked out by worms, parasites, or anything that attaches to the human body, so I was, and continue to be completely repulsed by the alien slugs in The Puppet Masters (1994), adapted from the Heinlein novel of the same name. Also, the worms in the 1976 film Squirm are totally disgusting. Finally, the face huggers in the Alien films are just about the most terrifying thing ever. Not sure if these really qualify as monsters, so I will say that Giger's alien, of the Alien series, is probably the greatest monster of all time.
Those kids from Trick~r~treat in the bus with those cheap masks on really creeped me out
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I agree. if one gets you, you'd better pray for a fast death but u know that's not their style.
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I loved dog soldiers!
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I would consider Jeepers Creepers a good modern day monster movie. I liked the 1st one a lot. I don't remember hating the 2nd one but I don't remember all of it!
Dog Soldiers and Jeepers Creepers (the first one) are among my favorites of monster movies. Pumpkinhead is a really good one from the 80s.
the homo sapiens are the most freaking one...
Basically, any creature, convincingly conveyed, who amorally sees human's as food (a hunter). The Alien monster, a really good vampire (like Barlow in Salem's Lot) (vampires as they were meant to be, not romanticized); and even zombies, plus twisted human beings (psychopaths, sociopaths such as Hannibal Lecter).Not scary, and that's a whole different topic, are things like Chucky (the doll) and most ghosts, plus other monsters who don't feel like hunter/killers, but just seem gimicky, tricky or naughty (Poltergeists, etc)).
I think hunter-mosnters preys on our deepest fears. Through the centuries, we've been the top of the food chain, but our genetic memories probably remember being the prey. Also, maybe I feel a little guilty that we prey on other animals:)
Jeff wrote: "The girl creature that's kills the partiers in the motel from the movie V/H/S."Why yes, she was scary. Still creeps me out thinking about her.
I don't know if this counts but the girl ghost from Honogurai Mizu no soko kara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Wat... still scares me when I think about her. Note: I do not mean the 2005 American remake.
The monster from the Korean movie The Host. Although by the end of the movie I pretty much wanted to have it as a pet.
Justin wrote: "Wendigos are pretty horrifying.."agreed
Phil wrote: "Justin wrote: "Wendigos are pretty horrifying.."agreed"
Indeed!
I love the Wendigo.
sonny wrote: "pennywise"I just got the chills...no joke!
For me it's more of the human kind of Monster - from the inbred cannibals in Wrong Turn to Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. Creature wise it would have to be "The Thing".
The Alien creature in the Alien movies is my number one best horrifying creature and i recently saw Shivers and found the parasite creature very scary in its simplicity !
Without a doubt, the most horrifying creature ever invented was the guy who thought up the whole "Saw" series of horror porn. He/she HAS to be horrifying to even conceive of all that stuff. Sure wouldn't want to live next door to him/her!But I agree with J.B. about politicians. They get scarier every year.
Namely, zombies are faceless consumerism, an all-devouring crowd with not enough identity to fill a thimble between them, and vampires are fast-breeding parasites draining the system.