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..so,..big fish don't "Do it" for you?
Or did you forget JAWS?
My oldest son has a shark phobia because of this movie.
Lucky to be land-locked in Illinois!
Maybe that's partially why my highly decorated car is "The Corn-fed, Illinois Land Shark"?
It features a really big toothy mouth , intense eyes and moving arms...and other things...........

in no particular order...

Shadow of the Vampire
Ringu (part 2 was alright, part 3 (or 0) what an ending!)
An American Werewolf in London
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Dog Soldiers
Ginger Snaps (the sequels were alright)
Blair Witch or Cannibal Holocaust (monsters can be human too)
The Thing
Vampire Hunter D (and the very cool sequel)
Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter
Freaked

I couldn't list just 10...

God, you guys are so young! Most everything listed has been in the last ten or twenty years. One of my favorites (I won't list ten) is the ORIGINAL "The Haunting " with Claire Bloom and Julie Harris. Stephen King proclaimed it as his #1 favorite horror movie of all times in one of his books. It is all implied scares and mind games--no overt gore and jumping monsters. It was made in 1963, and still creeps me out whevever I watch it!

Ron

Originally Posted by Runfromron

God, you guys are so young! Most everything listed has been in the last ten or twenty years. One of my favorites (I won't list ten) is the ORIGINAL "The Haunting " with Claire Bloom and Julie Harris. Stephen King proclaimed it as his #1 favorite horror movie of all times in one of his books. It is all implied scares and mind games--no overt gore and jumping monsters. It was made in 1963, and still creeps me out whevever I watch it!

Ron

This is by far the best version of the movie!!! Poor Julie Harris!!! She was FANTASTIC!!! I love this movie, also love the book!!!

Yes, The Haunting is absolutely THE BEST!!! I wached it just last night (for the 8,274th time). It still chills me to the bone when Eleanor says, "Whose hand was I holding?" I actually have the DVD and 2 (yes, two) VHS copies of this movie. I wouldn't be caught dead without it.

Roger

...or the top-of-the-spiral-staricase-trapdoor sequence? See, SEE, I'm getting chills just thinking about it!!

Ron

Well, I love all Universal/Hammer/poverty row films of the 30s, 40s and into the 50s but.................my favorites are:


White Zombie
The Ape Man
Night of the Living Dead
The Invisible Man
Bride of the Monster
Bride of Frankenstein
The Devil Bat
The Wolfman
The Black Cat
Carnival of Souls

J.T.,

I just bought "Carnival of Souls" on Sunday from KMart's cheapie Halloween bin for $3! I started to watch it, but only got 30 minutes into it when I had to go do something else. I really like what I've seen so far.

I got "Devil Bat", "Bride of the Monster", "White Zombie" and several others in a bargain bin last year. Really low-budget, but GOOD!

I'd like to re-buy "Nosferatu" on DVD. I have it on VHS, but want a new copy. Boy, THAT film was ahead of its time. What a CREEPY vampire!

Ron

Yup, those are all very good! You're right; I left out (accidently) all of the German Expressionist films including Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Also, if anyone like serials, my favorites are The Phantom Creeps and The Return of Chandu.

As you can tell, I'm a big Lugosi fan.

Well I am not sure if these are Monster movies but here is my Top 10 list.

1. Young Frankenstein
2. The Exorcist
3. Poltergeist (clown freaks me out)
4. Sleepy Hallow
5. Queen of the Damned
6. Interview with the vampire
7. The Howling
8. Pumpkin head (i saw this as a kid and loved it)
9. Return of the living dead ( this is such a comical movie but the red head girl is the best ,she looks like ronald Mc donald.LOL)
10.House ( it cracks me up every time)