We’re not trying to get you to click lots of times to read the material on the site, but it seemed logical for a list this long. While we don’t get a very good look at it at the beginning of the film, the Godzilla-sized behemoth makes its presence felt throughout this shaky cam monster movie. Isolated beaks of comparable size to that of the present specimen were recorded by. However, there is one recent creation that takes a place in the top ten  – The Pale Man from Pan’s Labyrinth is the stuff of nightmares, bought to the screen by Doug Jones, whose portrayal of this sinister creation is becoming as iconic as some of the monsters of Universal Studios. This bulbous headed creation is one of the most iconic 1950s aliens ever to be seen on screen, and inspired numerous other monster designs (such as Futurama‘s news presenter Morbo). With a ship brimming with cannon and equally unsavoury mutated aquatic monster crew members, Davy Jones’ presence upped the ante for CG characters, and added a layer of the fantastic to Disney’s pirate franchise. It really had to be didn’t it? Widely recognised as the largest ammonite specimen ever found (, Largest known North American ammonite. Still, he  deserved it for trapping Han Solo in Carbonite…. While there is a lot to be desired about the film, the main attraction is the anacondas themselves, which for the most part do look CG, but the sheer scale and menace the snakes provoke is pretty impressive, especially the overhead shots of people wading through the water as  the outline of the snakes can be seen sneaking up on them. The first evil grandma ever to appear in a top 100 monsters list, this demon is brought up from the depths of Hell by Vince and Howard as they try to impress some Goth girls by stealing Naboo’s book of black magic. In the masterful hands of Harryhausen, it became a multi-armed amphibian giant who was partial to the odd virgin sacrifice or two (the logistics of which are lost on me – see King Kong). Really Gigantic Squid? Where the film excels, of course, is in David’s transformation into a werewolf, and now, more than 30 years after its release, it’s a landmark in monster effects and make-up. Stuck in a biohazard airtight container, Tar-man is a government experiment gone wrong, and sits there like the undead equivalent of a tin-of sardines until his container is cracked. Purportedly the most physically powerful of the legendary Greek Titans, the Kraken was actually a giant squid of Norse myth. Why so far down the list, you ask? This notion is taken to its extreme in both the original episode and its update in the Twilight Zone film section entitled Nightmare At 20,000 Feet, where both William Shatner and John Lithgow are tormented by something outside a passenger jet that could well be in their imagination. We’ve seen the scene at the famous Vasquez Rocks played out a thousand times with Bill and Ted, Jay and Silent Bob and more recently in Paul all taking a nod from this classic confrontation between Kirk and the Gorn in the classic Star Trek episode, Arena. While the remakes Kraken was a laughable affair of CG and over-design, this stop-motion version has so much more character thanks to its fishy features and usual Harryhausen twitches and ticks. Tim Curry’s portrayal of the mocking monster that entices children to their doom is probably his best role, and the actor takes the idea of a sinister clown-monster to the extreme. It might well resemble a man in a rubber suit these days, but the sleek design and webbed hands and feet were, for the time, superb and worked even better in black and white (the initial design, of course, was green). The story is about a giant man-eating shark that terrorizes the fictional coastal town of Amity Island. Based on a 40-year data set of more than 50 specimens, The maximum confirmed total length for this species is 6 m (, Estimate based on specimen observed by commercial, Total length of immature specimen measuring 0.45 m ML. A creature that is both scary for his outlook and his appearance, the relentless pursuit of his goal makes Gmork one of the most terrifying creations from the 80s fantasy era. Maximum recorded mantle length for females is 31 cm. A bad attitude and the willingness to casually kill unlikeable Star Trek characters is reason enough. More typically the mantle length is 2.0–6.0 cm. It doesn’t matter, as the monsters in this film are superb: masterpieces of practical effects and over the top excess.Â, 74. Official Records, Really Gigantic Squid? So why does a somewhat inarticulate blob of black goo make the list of top 100 monsters? The Maytag Man. Not so much a monster as an angry oil slick, the incarnation of evil that was Armus was a futuristic muck monster you would not want to mess with. These Dark Gods can enter our realm due to the magic and madness wrapped up in Kane’s writing, which is slowly opening the door for them to enter our realm. Nesting quite obviously in the Chrysler building, this juxtaposition of modern architecture and ancient creature just seems to work – having Q dodge between skyscrapers to hunt down its unsuspecting prey on the pavements of Manhattan is  the kind of sight we don’t see in movies anymore.  A cult classic, Q came to the UK thanks to Alex Cox’s sorely missed Moviedrome (a show we celebrated in more depth here), and for that I will always be grateful, as this film is so much fun. Based on a short story by HP Lovecraft, this part fairy, part demon creature appeared in two films in the 80s and 90s. That is, until he reaches the film’s final boss monster – an alien creature dubbed Monster Zero. Just don’t let him near your eyes. While iconic to British television audiences,  the actual design of the armored Daleks is not that sinister – but when you add the metallic voice, determination and sheer obsession with extermination, then the ante of malevolence  is upped no end.