The most terrifying creatures that have shocked horror fans in the past 25 years include our new Godzilla and our new Dracula.
Way back in 1896, cinema pioneer Georges Méliès jolted audiences with the spectacle of a bat miraculously transforming into a man inAs if swinging open the gates of hell, Méliès invited all manner of clawed, malevolent beasties onto the silver screen. The silent years were stalked by German versions ofHorror movies have sunk their teeth into the box office and held up a cracked mirror to our frightening times.
For better or worse, the new century has been dominated by monsters made from ones and zeros instead of clay or latex. It has also given rise to monster movies fixated on what the monster really represents. Any student of mythology will tell you that a werewolf has always been more than a werewolf. But in an age of baldly metaphoric horror, it’s hard to find a creature feature that doesn’t trample its subtext like a guy in a rubber suit stepping on model cars.
Rampaging mutants, autonomous tumors and the fanciest gentleman in horror since Dr. Caligari — the best movie monsters of the new century have imprinted their own diabolical mark on the collective psyche. We would put the 10 ghastly things ranked below up against the best thathas to offer. So long as there are movies, there will be movie monsters. Pray to the Devil that they keep making them this cool.
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