Greatest Movie Monsters of All Time by The Things in the Basement

They have both thrilled and scared us through the years and for that we both love them and hate them. The following is our list of the greatest movie monsters of all time. Most of these monsters are great because they're scary, many are scary because they're so lovable. See if you agree. Check out the list.

#10 Graboids from Tremors

Remember the Graboids? They were giant worms in the first movie with tongues like nasty eels. In the second movie they turned into those heat seeking killer chickens from Mexico. The third brought us Ass Blasters that could fly. We all hated the fourth movie and can't remember a damn thing about it. Together they are the Tremors Trilogy featuring the Graboids, man.

Graboids are only somewhat scary but the movies were a whole lot of fun. Besides, you have to give some credit for originality. We find them slithericious.

#9 Godzilla

We think that the big green lizard is highly overrated, but considering the shear volume of his work, he's worth mentioning. The Roland Emmerich version was pretty cool, though we still have no idea how Godzilla got through those tiny tunnels in New York.

#8 Predator

The Predator is one bad ass, well... predator. I would not want him hunting me through the jungle or the city and besides, the creature's face is disgusting. He even makes the AVP movies almost worth watching. We love him... from a distance.

#7 Alien Monster

Wait a second, weren't we just talking about this monster. Crap, the AVP movies should have been great! There's no doubt that the alien is the scariest non-humanoid monster out there. The alien's bug like frame and dripping, articulated mouth parts are bad enough. When you add the face huggers and chest pops these movies are truely horrifying. Just the way we like it.

#6 Freddy Krugger

What a crazy guy :-).

#5 Dracula

Hey, Dracula was also on our list of favorite horror novels. And he's still got work today in movies such as Twilight. Of course, I'm speaking of vampires in general as exemplified by the first and formost of them all, Dracula.

In our humble opinion, varpires should be scray and not romantic icons.

#4 Linda Blair in The Exorcist

Oh no, there they go up the stairs to that room again. I remember this as being our single shared thought when we first watched The Exorcist.

And spit pea soup. Yum, our favorite.

#3 Zombies

Whether you're talking about the old slow lurching type or the new fast movers, there's just something about a zombie. Perhaps, like The Alien, its the shear number of them. But there's also something special about an undead, rotting, cannibal that adds a little something to the brew.

#2 Hanibal Lector

He made Ray Liota eat his own brains. How much worse can it get? And this guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing. So charming and aluring. Then he'll eat your kidney with fava beans and a nice bottle of Cianti. Nice.

#1 The Frankenstein Monster

Maybe we should have named this entry "Boris Karloff" to include "The Mummy", "Frankenstein", The Grinch, and even that creepy guy immitating him in "Arsenic and Old Lace". There's no doubt that the voice of Boris Karloff combined with the movements and looks of the man are downright creepy. Then you add all the movies based on the premis of Frankenstein, man dabbling in things best left to God, and you have quite a collection of horrifying movies.