Before I start I have to say that I excluded Vampires, Zombies and Werewolves. Why? Because they are played to death. I'll just say that the best Vampire movie is The Lost Boys, best ZOMBIE movie is Dawn of the Dead, and the best werewolf movie is the original WOLF MAN. Now on to the TOP 10 MONSTER MOVIES!
10. KING KONG(1933)
I don't care that this movie is almost 80 years old, I love it, claymation and all. It's great. It doesn't matter which version of King Kong you are watching because every time KONG is coming through the jungle to get the girl, it's always scary.
9. The Blob(1988)
This is another one of the movies that it doesn't really matter if it's the old movie or the newer(not really new anymore but you get the idea) both are just fun. You have this huge alien blob growing and devouring everything in sight. What does the 80's version have the 60's version didn't? It's an 80's horror movie, duh! It's goofy and strange and just a lot of fun to watch. Matt Dillon's awkward looking brother is in it and the chick from the SAW movies...it's a can't miss!
8. CLOVERFIELD(2008)
J.J. Abrams super secret monster movie gave us the best GODZILLA movie ever made in the UNITED STATES! Only it was shot in the perspective of the people getting stepped on. Some people get sick watching the shaky came but I like it. How real is it that the guy would keep filming? meh, details. The creature itself is very strange looking and you're never really given a full on great look but that is part of the fun I think. I prefer this to this past summers SUPER 8 hands down.
7. The Fly (1986)
David Cronenberg's remake of The Fly starring Jeff Goldblum is one of my favorite 80's monsters. Goldblum's transformation during the movie is fascinating two watch and of course, disgusting. The end result is a very strange human/fly creation that doesn't really look like either a human nor a fly but it's creepy and that's all that counts.
6. Tremors (1990)
Tremors is a movie that seems to get better over the years. Not only is there a huge monster in it named KEVIN BACON but also a weird subterranean worm thing known as a graboid. What does this monster do? Grabs ya, dummy! It's like a giant slug that has these snake, hand puppet tongues that can reach you from underneath the ground. Oh and the Dad from Family Ties and Reba are also in it. How many different reasons do you need to see this? Also if you haven't seen this yet...we can't be friends. Plain and simple.
5. Predator (1987)
Arnold isn't the only monster in this. The Predator is a vicious hunter that is almost impossible to kill. Unless of course you are covered in mud...then it's pretty easy. You know when I put it like that...kinda lame. But the design of Predator is just weird. It's like a giant Jamaican Venus fly trap that will shoot you in the face with big alien guns.
4. Alien (1979)
Alien vs Predator...it's a battle that people have argued about for years. They even made a couple of awful movies about it. Why do I prefer the alien in ALIEN? Because it isn't beat by smearing mud all over you! Plus it's scary. It's got a head inside it's head, acid spit, a super long head. Far superior creature to predator. These things can crawl in small spaces and are super fast. Just like with the predator franchise, I only like the original Alien movie. Some will say ALIENS is better but not me, I actually really dislike ALIENS. Alien is a creepy atmospheric movie that is terrifying to watch. The scare at the end gets me every time.
3. GREMLINS (1984)
Gremlins is one of my all time favorites that I don't own on Blu Ray or DVD. It's hard to believe that something so cute and cuddly can turn into a scaly evil Gremlin. The scene when the mom is alone in the house is still a super scary scene and to this day has made me scared of the song "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Gremlins was just on the other day and I got sucked into it all over again, great movie and very scary monster.
2. Frankenstein (1931)
One of the ORIGINAL Universal Horror movies, Frankenstein is still a very haunting movie and Frankenstein's monster is just as terrifying as ever. The creature played brilliantly by Boris Karloff is kind of a victim in this more than a villain but that really doesn't make him any less scary. His first gut reaction to most things is to strangle it(actually most Universal Monsters did this). I think Bride of Frankenstein is the better movie but the original, is super moody, gothic, and a true classic. No other version of Frankenstein has been as effective as the original played by Karloff.
1. The Thing (1982)
That's right I'm going with the original remake, possibly the best remake of all time, John Carpenter's The Thing starring Kurt Russell. So what is so great about THE THING that it was my number one monster movie? Because there are so many different gross, nasty and most importantly, scary monsters in this movie. You never get a true shot of THE THING itself because it constantly changes. Each new version is just as creepy as the last. That's the thing that I think the new movie missed. It shows the creature a lot and the design is just not as weird as in this original movie. I could put JC's The Thing on many different top 10's, it's actually the movie I was watching that made me think about making this list. It's a great movie if you've never seen it.
HONORABLE MENTION:
THE MONSTER SQUAD. Seriously, it should probably be on this list, but it was on my last list so I didn't want to double dip. But it's got all the classic monsters in it and is just great. See MONSTER SQUAD before you watch VAN HELSING. Van Helsing sucks wolf man nards. Yes, Wolf Man's got nards.
Godzilla(any of them): Honestly, I haven't seen that many of the GODZILLA movies. I do really like the original but haven't seen it enough to put it on my top 10 list.
The Host: It's a little bit like Cloverfield but a big fish thing. It's a great little movie. Check it out if you get a chance. I believe it's on the Netflix Instant.
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