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Your favorite monster as a kid?

GeekyDad

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The werewolf for me, but I never felt like Hollywood got the physical appearance quite right, even American Werewolf in London. So, as far as appearance goes, it was the Creature from the Black Lagoon:

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Overall, it's the Alien.

But as a kid:

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Not the best quality image for the last one. It's the Judas Breed from Mimic. Haven't seen that movie in forever, but it scared the shit out of me as a wee boy.
 
Godzilla.

For 'least' favorite in ones that terrified me as a kid was Chucky. Remember seeing it when Mom was watching it on tv when I was like 4
 
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I loved the War of the Worlds as a kid. The Jeff Wayne album and the 1953 movie version, as well as the book of course. Later I added the Orson Wells radio drama to the pile once I managed to listen to it.

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My favorite is Terminator, even if it technically is not a monster per say.

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The one that truly terrified me though was Hufsa, there was something really wrong about her.

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I remember Harryhausens Medusa in Clash of the Titans having a huge Impact on me back then in the Movie-Theater... and still to this day (yep, I am THAT old :messenger_smirking: )
 
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Is by favorite you mean "most effective", then it is the moon man from the Sandman animation short.
One morning at school we went to see movies and this one was in the selection.
I was around 8, it scared me for life, i could not sleep without my bedsheets over my head for at least two years after that.
Even the teachers were shocked :messenger_tears_of_joy:



If it is favorite as "the coolest" then it must be the T-1000. Robert Patrick is such a legend for his interpretation, and to have him one up Arnold as the emotionless killing machine while being 100 lbs skinnier than him is incredible.
 
Having thought about it, I hated The Nothing when I was a kid. Bitch ass motherfucker trying to kill my first crush, The Child Like Empress.
 
I wasn't allowed to watch movies at a friends house for a while because this guy gave me nightmares.

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The Wheelers in Return to Oz scared the shit out of me.

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Same movie: Princess Mombi

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Actually the whole movie was nightmare fuel.
The fuck was wrong with my parents letting me watch that?
 
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