Twenty Favorite Monster Movies

(alphabetically by monster, and ignoring ghosts, which have their own list)

 

  1. Aliens, Assimilationist: The Thing (directed by John Carpenter, 1982)

  2. Aliens, Consumptionist: Under the Skin (directed by Jonathan Glazer, 2013)

  3. Aliens, Ridiculous: The Creature Wasn’t Nice (directed by Bruce Kimmel, 1983)

  4. Anne Hathaways: Colossal (directed by Nacho Vigalondo, 2016)

  5. Creatures, Extradimensional: The Mist (directed by Frank Darabont, 2007)

  6. Creatures, Resurrected: Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (directed by James Whale, 1931)

  7. Devils: Belladonna of Sadness (directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, 1973)

  8. Fly/Human Hybrids: The Fly (directed by David Cronenberg, 1986)

  9. Mermaids: The Lure (directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2015)

  10. Spirit Creatures, Animistic: My Neighbor Totoro (directed by Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)

  11. Spirit Creatures, Human: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)

  12. Vampires, Comic: What We Do in the Shadows (directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, 2014)

  13. Vampires, Frightening: Let the Right One In (directed by Tomas Alfredson, 2008)

  14. Werewolves, Comic: An American Werewolf in London (directed by John Landis, 1981)

  15. Werewolves, Tragic: Good Manners (directed by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, 2017)

  16. Worms: The Lair of the White Worm (directed by Ken Russell, 1988)

  17. Xenomorphs: Alien (directed by Ridley Scott, 1979)

  18. Zombies, Frightening: 28 Days Later (directed by Danny Boyle, 2002)

  19. Zombies, Inconvenient: They Came Back (directed by Robin Campillo, 2004)

  20. Zombies, Valley: Night of the Comet (directed by Thom Eberhardt, 1984)

— November 13, 2021


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