SFX's top 20 screen monsters

[the_ultimate_evil]

the uk magazine SFX has a specialedition out about screen (movies & TV) monsters and list the top 20 reader voted monsters

20 The Fly (the fly)
19 Fighing skeletons (jason and the argonaughts)
18 Graboids (tremors)
17 Gremlins (gremlins)
16 Audrey II (little shop of horrors)
15 The sarlacc pit (return of the jedi)
14 Creature from the black lagoon (Creature from the black lagoon)
13 The Polymorth (red drawf)
12 Predators (predator)
11 Medusa (clash of the titans)
10 The monster from ID (forbiddeon planet)
9 The triffids ( day of the triffids)
8 The Rancor (return of the jedi)
7 Cybermen (Dr. Who)
6 Frankenstiens monster (frankenstien)
5 King Kong ( king kong)
4 Daleks (Dr. Who)
3 Godzilla (various godzilla movies)
2 The Thing (the thing)
1 Aliens (Alien)

i think the list is pretty decent there are a few surprises, that i didnt expecte to see

what do you think

[KillerKlown]

Not a bad list. I didn't expect to see Red Dwarf's Polymorph in there!

[Cronos]

decent list, ive always found the lists in SFX to be quite good

[sarah1980]

*falls overs after seeing who was #3*

WOO HOO :p

[countchocula]

The Id from Forbidden Planet? Interesting. A respectable list, but these things can never be taken seriously.

[mindkiss69]

I can't believe you guys are supporting this list. Where are the boogy monsters? They are some of the biggest icons as far as movie monsters go. No Dracula? Dracula started the whole movie monster bit, this list is laughable.

[doaflip]

Originally posted by mindkiss69
I can't believe you guys are supporting this list. Where are the boogy monsters? They are some of the biggest icons as far as movie monsters go. No Dracula? Dracula started the whole movie monster bit, this list is laughable.

It's taken from SFX Magazine, which in the UK is a well known science fiction and fantasy magazine. So every monster has to have an element of science fiction or fantasy. Which generally means monsters that have something to do with aliens, space, scientific experiments, myths and legends.

Der Golem was the first movie monster as far as I know, sixteen years before Dracula (seven if you count Nosferatu).

[countchocula]

No, Thomas Edison's Frankenstein came before Der Golem. But even Frankie wasn't the first baddie. There were dozens of short horror films made in the early 20th century as well as the late 19th century.

[blk_flower]

i think the queen alien from "aliens" should be included.

[Wolfman]

Originally posted by countchocula
No, Thomas Edison's Frankenstein came before Der Golem. But even Frankie wasn't the first baddie. There were dozens of short horror films made in the early 20th century as well as the late 19th century.

I've actually seen that. It was pretty good, amazing really, when you consider the limitations of the time.

[Klownzilla]

The Wolf Man deserves to be on that list. I'm more than thrilled that Godzilla beat King Kong in rank!

[sarah1980]

Originally posted by Klownzilla
I'm more than thrilled that Godzilla beat King Kong in rank!

me 2 *dances around the room* :p

[mindkiss69]

Originally posted by doaflip
It's taken from SFX Magazine, which in the UK is a well known science fiction and fantasy magazine. So every monster has to have an element of science fiction or fantasy. Which generally means monsters that have something to do with aliens, space, scientific experiments, myths and legends.

Der Golem was the first movie monster as far as I know, sixteen years before Dracula (seven if you count Nosferatu).

What is a boogy monster? It's sci-fi, Science fiction. I think all monsters that don't fit into the laws of nature are science "fiction".

[doaflip]

Originally posted by mindkiss69
What is a boogy monster? It's sci-fi, Science fiction. I think all monsters that don't fit into the laws of nature are science "fiction".

"Boogeyman" is the American English term for what we in the UK call the "bogeyman", which derives from an old English term meaning the Devil. I'm not quite sure how any meaning of the boogeyman is science fiction though. Although maybe I'm being overanalytical, I've just written a huge essay on the subject of science fiction and I can't seem to get ideas and theories of it out of my head.

[mindkiss69]

If you believe that the existence of a supernatural devil can exist under scientific law, then maybe it's not sci-fi to you. But to me, a monster, born by human parents, that somehow can't die lol, is science fiction. The fact that something born by humans, that can't die even though it goes through tremendous amounts of punishment is clearly science fiction to me.

[LoomisFan]

I'm pretty sure the selections are made from a technical standpoint, as well. You know...maybe that's why it's in SFX?...just a thought...

[redwhisper13]

Great list, very well-rounded. I would've thought though that Predators would have been higher on the list than #12. Predators are the best aliens ever created!