Movie monsters come in many shapes and sizes. Some are as big as skyscrapers, others as small as slugs. Some are fast, some are slow, some are gelatinous globs of goo with no defined shape at all. Really, there are as many kinds of cinematic monsters as there are individual human fears for them to represent.
Obviously, that leaves us with a pretty big field to choose from. Putting together this list of the greatest monster movies ever made and keeping it to a reasonable number required putting a few parameters in place. First off, no zombies or vampires. There are simply too many, and those warrant lists of their own. Secondly, no humans – apologies to Freddy, Jason, Michael and Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. You’re monstrous, but you’re not monsters.
Instead, we opted for all the killer rabbits, killer plants, killer fish, killer clowns, killer aliens and killer giant sandworms – and that still made it really hard to pare down. Here’s our best shot.
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