Famous Movie Monsters
Movie monsters have been around since the early days of cinema. This list picks some of the most famous creatures and villains from the genre, listed by year.
Famous Movie Monsters: the list
Dracula (1931)
Tod Browning directs the film that made Bela Lugosi's version of the vampire a classic.
Frankenstein (1931)
James Whale directs the classic adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, with Boris Karloff as the creature.
King Kong (1933)
Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack direct the story of a giant ape taken from an island to New York.
Godzilla (1954)
Ishirō Honda directs the original Japanese film about a giant monster awakened by nuclear testing.
Jaws (1975)
Steven Spielberg directs the thriller about a great white shark terrorising a summer beach town.
The Thing (1982)
John Carpenter directs the horror film about a shape-shifting creature in an Antarctic research station.