Best movie monster?

KyriakosCH · Sun 23/07/2023 13:30:12

I'd nominate the Kothoga, from The Relic.
The movie is pretty decent, and it owes that mostly to the monster - though 80s-90s Penelope Ann Miller is always good to see

Ponch · Sun 23/07/2023 15:29:37

I know that overexposure has largely robbed this beast of the "alien-ness" that made it so scary way back when, but I still love this thing.

My older sister took me to see the original movie when I was seven years old (

) and it scared the absolute hell out of me. I LOVED it! I had the toy and the Heavy Metal graphic novel when I was a kid.

Close second: The Thing. Dad and I saw that in the theater when I was ten (

) and it instilled in me the unshakable belief that you can never trust anyone for any reason. I sleep in a locked room and eat all my meals from cans to this very day!

Babar · Mon 24/07/2023 03:59:34

I thought the best movie monster was within us all along?

Gilbert · Mon 24/07/2023 06:21:03

In movies such as Home Alone 2, Donald Tru... wait...

Godzilla, maybe?

KyriakosCH · Tue 25/07/2023 05:32:24

Mmmmh, personally I never saw the allure in Godzilla

Kothoga is supposed to be a beetle-lizard-human chimera.

Mandle · Tue 25/07/2023 07:09:44

I'd personally have to go with the werewolf in An American Werewolf in London. Also my nomination for best last scene in a movie.

KyriakosCH · Tue 25/07/2023 11:36:56

CGI monsters tend to suck.

Danvzare · Tue 25/07/2023 11:38:22

Ooh, the best movie monster. Well in that case, I think I'd have to go with the zombies from Night of the Living Dead, simply because they created an entire genre that's still going strong to this day.

But I don't think they'd be my favourite movie monster. I'd have to spend a couple of days thinking about it to choose that. $:-\$
I did rather enjoy the blob from the 1980 remake... but is it my favourite though? Hmm...

KyriakosCH · Tue 25/07/2023 12:26:07

It's easier to have memorable monsters in animated shows.
Gargoyle imo was one of the best:

Then again, Inhumanoids was an awesome show.

Mandle · Tue 25/07/2023 13:05:27

Another candidate for me would be The Thing from the Carpenter film.

Ponch · Tue 25/07/2023 13:57:32

Quote from: Danvzare on Tue 25/07/2023 11:38:22I did rather enjoy the blob from the 1980 remake...

That was a good one too! That bit where the guy gets eaten in the doctor's office? Amazing special effects work in a pre-CGI time.

AndreasBlack · Tue 25/07/2023 14:51:35

cat · Tue 25/07/2023 20:24:21

CaptainD · Tue 25/07/2023 20:43:03

Surely there's only one answer to this question.

Okay, maybe two.

heltenjon · Tue 25/07/2023 21:08:08

Frunobulax!

LimpingFish · Sun 30/07/2023 01:23:23

Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 25/07/2023 20:43:03Okay, maybe two.

Nice!

How about the vampire queen in LifeForce?

NSFW-ish: Smidge of areola warning...

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I mean, underneath she looks more like this:

But still...

Ponch · Sun 30/07/2023 02:44:49

Life Force made me the man I am today.

TheFrighter · Sun 30/07/2023 10:06:40

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Tue 25/07/2023 12:26:07It's easier to have memorable monsters in animated shows.
Gargoyle imo was one of the best:

Then again, Inhumanoids was an awesome show.

This remind me a '80 cartoon show with "mutant plant cars", but I don't remember the title!

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KyriakosCH · Sun 30/07/2023 10:32:42

The Spiral Zone? (another great show, btw)

Ponch · Sun 30/07/2023 15:43:12

Inhumanoids seems like something I may have heard of, but no real memories of. Spiral Zone, on the other hand, just jarred loose a memory in my mind that I didn't even know I had! Combat unicycles! God, I miss the 80s. Cocaine was in the water supply back then! And what about Turbo Teen? Talk about body horror!