Who or what is your favorite movie monster.
Im quite fond of Godzilla as far as the giant monsters go, you have to hand it to the Japanese, when they want to portray America as a monster they dont fuck around.



Its also had more movies than any other monster i can think of. Even Freddy and Jason combined cant compete with Godzillas. 28 Official movies and 1 American pile of crap (with another on the way)

Although for sheer sexiness i think Alien's Alien is hard to beat.



If im going to get killed in space, where no one can here me scream, i would want that to kill me.

I loved the original Freddy movies but I haven't seen them in about 15 years. Did anyone go to the remake?

But for me, the daddy of them all is definitely the Alien monster. Ridley Scott + HR Giger's creation is stunning. As Ash says in the movie, "its the perfect organism."

I cannot wait for Prometheus.

Hard to beat alien.
The monster in the thing was pretty immense.
I would also add the worms in tremors, the predator, and pumpkinhead!


With regards more recent films I loved the film trick r treat and the little monster Sam


The Host


Feast

Alien is pretty cool alright, it is very "scarily" monstrous as opposed to Godzilla which whilst being huge and dangerous doesn't really scare me so much as just make me want to move out of the way.

I don't know if zombies count but if they do they definitely are my most loathed of monsters.

I don;t know if this applies, but you did say "Who or what " movie monster.

The vortex in the Day After Tomorrow, that freezes everything on impact.

For me anyway, that is one metaphorical helluva scary monster. Of course it's a pile of unscientific crap but it's a great flick to watch.

the helicopter freezing scene


New York freezing over scene


If you wish to have a tangible monster, I always loved the living skeletons. (I'm a big Ray Harryhausen fan)



To see them in action:

The cello in jaws DA-NA-DA-NA DA-NA

That was a grand Piano (looks at Column)

I forgot all about the worms in tremors, the Graboids


I think Pumpkinhead was filmed in Ireland?

@Intrepid, i loved his stop motion movies, he was miles ahead of the rest.

I think it was a tuba in jaws my mistake

Whatever it was, it was very efficient.
Although the real monster was the Shark (and the mayor)

for me its gotta be The Thing from the john carpenter classic.....

the sheer...feckin...alieness of it,and especially the infamous Crab Head scene,the line "you gotta be f*ckin kiddin me" sums it all up

warning.......clip not for the squemish!

God that is absolutely hideous!

I would agree with Alien.
They were sneaky bastards and the shit they did to you was horrific.

I always found the face huggers to be scarier than the Aliens themselves.



And then there's the terrifying Sully...



I mean...

If this image is showing up
I rest my case... also how amazing are those make up artists?

...and in some of the films he morphs into the hero by battling other monsters such as Mothra. You just can't beat the franchise and it's meticulously handcrafted miniature trains, houses, jets etc...enjoyed them all as a kid.