Apologies to Freddy, Jason and Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, but being monstrous doesn’t make you a true monster. Firstly, no zombies or vampires, as there are simply too many to cull down. So we put up a few parameters in order to narrow the field. Given that long history and nearly limitless forms make putting together a list of the all-time best monster movies a bit overwhelming. They come in many shapes and sizes, but whatever their origin, they’re frequently grotesque, usually mean and always incredibly hard to stop. It goes to show how long filmmakers, make-up artists and special effects magicians have been rooting around in the darkest corners of their imagination, inventing nightmarish beastly beings to scare the heck out of audiences. Think Lon Chaney in a fur mask or Ray Harryhausen’s giant stop-motion lizards, or even the harpoon-wielding insectoid aliens from 1902’s A Trip to the Moon. Monsters have existed in the movies almost from the moment cinema began.
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