THANK YOU for putting Dog Soldiers on this list! This is one of the most underrated horror movies of all time. Such a great movie! Awesome practical effects!
Agreed, one of the Top werewolf movies of all time, highly underrated. Have you seen THE CURSED 2022? if not, you'd really like it. Also UNDERWATER 2022
I agree with you 100%. There is something about those practical effects that makes the creature extremely disturbing. The "remake/reboot" they did decades later paled in comparison. The sad thing is, it didn't have to. The more recent film was originally shot using practical effects that were later replaced with terrible, plastic looking CGI. And it made no sense doing this. I watched a making of video and the practical effects looked so much better. Far more creepy and disturbing looking. They replaced it all with CGI that didn't even change the look of design of any of the shots. It was like a one for one replacement for the practical effects. Except the CGI looked terrible and fake, while the practical version of the same effect shot looked much more real and frightening. I'd love to see a "Director's Cut", of some sort that removes the CGI that is, quite literally, just covering over the practical effects. That's all they did was overlay the CGI on top of the practical effect shots. Such a shame.
The Thing's real brilliance after its practical effects is the sanity-straining paranoia, as one by one the cast gradually fall to the creature, leaving the audience to ponder the movie's ending. Without a doubt though, the line of the movie has to be when they see the spider-head version of the thing and Palmer says what the audience is thinking, "YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING".
And some of us do get annoyed by the poorly researched scripts and not giving pronunciation guides to the VAs who may not be familiar with the subject matter.
I love the videos. Just need to state that in Hellraiser Frank's brother didn't buy the house in the movie. It was left to them by the mother. Frank never wanted to sell it. So it remained unlived in for years. They state it in the first few minutes of being introduced to his brother named Larry.
@@bonelessdonutz I thought that at one point. Could be. Or a person for whom English isn't their native language and all their effort is on maintaining an "American" accent.
That`s this channel in a nutshell, random names and words I thought everyone knows come out all weird, watch this channel for a while and make a note of things, because if mispronounciation was a battery, it would explode ;)
I actually went to the comments just to see if anyone else was a little annoyed by that. . . Three videos in a row just played and it threw me off a few times in each one. . ." Bo-tan-its " did me in. 😂
@@ericallen4052 I hate to tell you but it's literally every single video and every different person that narrates them. It's actually a pretty good channel but boy does it start grating on the nerves after a while.
I was born and raised in Massachusetts, I went to the place where they filmed Jaws. You can walk out a very long distance from the shore and the water in about waist high. In the deepest places. They had a lot of problems making it. Parts of it were filmed in a swimming pool. You can hear the gears of the mechanical shark. It was a great movie even though it took longer to film it. I went to Provincetown. My girlfriends uncle had a friend who owned this cool house.it had three stories and a patio roof. It was build-weird though. It had a hole in the middle so you could be on the third floor and there’s a hole you can look down and see the first floor. I wanted to stay on the third floor but they wouldn’t let me because the beds head board was against the hole. So if I woke up to pee and I’m half asleep I could fall down-to the first floor and splat on the kitchen floor. I know this has nothing to. Do with the movies but I was just thinking about it when the showed Jaws.
Wolven is a helluva good movie, but they are just average wolves with a a highly intelligent pack mind. Almost human like. That's what made it so scary.
THE THING!! One of my favorite Sci Fi Horror films! GODZILLA 2014 saw that in theaters and it blew me away! Friday The 13th, a crazy slasher film with a twist. PREDATOR, My favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of all time! Tremors, saw that growing up. Sputnik, it's ALIEN but takes place in 1983 Russia. JURASSIC PARK, #1 favorite movie of all time! Yes!! Pacific Rim, Godzilla meets Iron Man. CHILD'S PLAY, the doll freaked me out, but I enjoyed it very much. Clash Of The Titans, I prefer the Harryhausen version. Slither, a fun sci-fi horror comedy film. Super Deep, it's Alien but underground. Basket Case, weird horror film. David Cronenberg's THE FLY, the ultimate in Body Horror. The Ritual, a northman horror story come to life. GREMLINS, don't feed them after midnight! A Quiet Place, If they hear you, they will hunt you. KING KONG, the epic adventure is reborn. Jeepers Creepers, the director was a real creeper. The Descent, ALIEN inside a cave. The Cave, released the same year as The Descent. Stephen King's The Mist, it has the most shocking and controversial ending in Horror film history. Pumpkin head, Vengeance In The Flesh. THE RELIC, JURASSIC PARK meets ALIEN in a museum. Wish Master, be careful what you wish for. The Silence, A quiet place knock off. Stephen King's IT, you'll float too; LEVIATHAN, ALIEN underwater. Starship Troopers, the ultimate in satire. Deep Rising, Alien meets Titanic. Mimic, Guillermo del Toro's giant monster thriller. Feast, a fun action comedy horror film. An American Werewolf In London, a different kind of animal. Cloverfield, Godzilla meets the Blair Witch Project. Splinter, another underrated body horror film. The Babadook, he's now a gay icon. Colf Skin I saw parts of Thisi movie. Pitch Black, be afraid of the dark. Anaconda, J Lo's first Horror film. JAWS, the ultimate summer blockbuster. The Void, a Lovecraftian Body Horror film. The Howling, a hip well made werewolf movie. Q, The Winged Serpent, the special effects are amazing! The Host, a monster film with a heart and story. ATTACK THE BLOCK, ALIEN meets Shaun Of The Dead. The Cabin in The Woods, another fun comedy horror film. Pans Labyrinth, a dark fantasy adventure film from Guillermo Del Toro. Dog Soldiers, Predator meets the Wolfman. HELLBOY, the Ron Perlman version. THE BLOB, another Sci Fi Horror remake, that deserves recognition. Troll Hunter, a found footage fantasy adventure film
Stan Winston and Rob Bottin were truly the masters of practical effects of their era. Prior to ILM raising CGI to the point blockbuster movies like Terminator 2, Jurassic Park and Waterworld could be possible, Stan and Rob were the go-to guys in the business.
Overall good collection. Except specifying the first Friday the 13th seemed a little weird. Sure, Jason makes for a good monster-esque killer but the first movie is literally the only one he wasn't the killer in, ergo no actual monster.
I don't know why Jason gets pushed to the front of the horror genre so much I know it's not a popular opinion but Jason, the original Michael Myers ( not the rob zombie reboot because Rob zombie actually made Michael Myers legitimately terrifying)… Chucky and ghost face are all lame..... Nothing, not one thing about those movies genuinely scared me I watched all of them and they all were just corny old man movies in my opinion. I'll give Freddy Cougar an exception as well as that movie was gross and genuinely terrifying.
@@j-rcctrigga9731 " Corny Old Man Movies " hmmm . . . How old are you son ? One day, if you're lucky, you're going to end up a "corny old man" yuself . . . Good luck !
After watching it for the first time all I could think about was how great Barker's book The Great and Secret Show would be if made into a movie or even better a show. He really wrote some great stories
@Elligons READ MY COMMENTS BELOW TO Richiethehutt .Theres supposed to be a Tv series on Syfy coming out soon. I know Clive Barker 2 release Hellraiser 2 Cabal You can do some old Research into that. There was some old RU-vid videos with Clive Barker and Greg Sheffer.
Like with Die Hard With A Vengeance, the movie and novel's ending are completely different. True, I prefer the endings of both of these movies, they only happened due to changes outside of the director's control.
I was very pleasantly surprised to have seen every movie on this list. I honestly expected to see a reference to at least 1 I had never seen. I suppose this means I am up to date as a monster movie fan.
There are multiple mistakes on this list. For example "Sputnik" doctor isn't a psychologist. In"Ritual" they don't find a statue from human torso, but from wood branches made to resemble human torso.
I’m convinced who ever writes these things is literally just going straight to Wikipedia and reading the plot. There’s no way they are watching these movies or at a minimum there would not be so many mispronunciations, never mind all the other errors.
@@ericallen4052 Yes! I was so hyped to see that. Supposedly a remake is still floating around. I cant lie...im curious. I dont think it can touch the original..but at least it will draw attention to the original..u know?
As much as I enjoy your narration of the plots for most of the movies you have listed. I just wanted to mention that some of your pronunciations for much of the characters/monsters and such are a little off. If you watch any of the movies you have listed, you'd know that Mogwai is pronounced "Mog-Why" and one thing I absolutely have to mention too is in "The Relic" it's definitely not a hyopothalmi, it's pronounced Hypo-thal-a-mus.. Just giving you some feedback for any future projects. I grew up watching a lot of the movies you have listed and I am probably the worlds worst for nitpicking on how things are pronounced. That being said, i'm surprised no one else hasn't mentioned this before now.
You are not the only one and it is not nitpicking to ask people to pronounce words correctly, especially relatively common ones that are historical like “Soviet”. It’s a long ‘O’not a short ‘O’. Not the only example but one that makes my ears bleed. Oh, and Ben was accidentally killed by Juno in the Descent? Did he mean to say Beth possibly? Maybe the script isn’t being proofed?
@@debbiehendricks9309 Thank you for making me believe that i'm not the only one. I absolutely feel your pain and share the whole ear bleeding symptom when something isn't right hehe.. The OP is a great narrator but when you're making a video like this, then it certain things should be researched more thoroughly so as to get correct pronunciations. Thank you again :)
District 9, Rogue 2007/Crawl 2019, Grey, Shakma/Link, Brotherhood of the Wolves and there are many more missing...but nevertheless the list is great and the commentary spot on!
"None of the Friday the 13th sequels are as good as the original". Uhh, you sure of that? Because the fanbase generally holds 4 and 6 up to be the best of the franchise
Freddy in Nightmare on Elm street was an accused Child murderer, not a molester. The horrible 2010 reboot portrays him as a molester which Clive wanted to portray 84' Freddy that way but was decided against. (Thank lord) knowing he could be or could not be innocent was a great mental stimulator. Why be so angry at others you make a deal with a dream demon for revenge for something you did commit? Illogical. That's the difference between the Freddie's. Put some Respek on 84' Freddy name
Great list. Minor mistake, Riddick is a Furyan, an alien race, thats how their eyes are, they aren't surgically modified. Just some minor details to anyone interested in the franchise. Thanks for the great content as always.
@@TheChaves11b In the game(Escape from butcher) and The Chronicles of Riddick, even in Riddick, it says that he made that story up, its believed to be an Alpha male trait, thats why not all furyans have it..
These are all great monster movies and I did love this trip down monster memory lane. But.... how did they miss Evil Dead 2?!? Chud? 13 ghosts? House on Haunted Hill? Night of the Living Dead? Dreamcatcher? Munchies? I am Legend? Halloween? Wolfen? House? Reign of Fire? Poltergeist? The Entity?(are malevolent ghosts not a type of monster now?). I would have also included both, The Twilight Zone, and Creepshow movies. Now that i sit here making this list i can understand how movies can slip through the cracks but at least a few of those should have made the list easily, and i hope anyone looking for a good monster horror movie will include them in there "to watch" list along with all the movies in this list. Still, great video, thumbs up from me. Also, I know there are a lot of movies with odd names and words, and this narrator does a good job.... but please, please stop mispronouncing things.
Cut a lil slack. No one can make a complete list of ALL monster movies. Otherwise there's several thousand that they "missed here". And your list of missing gems has some pretty uneven entries, brother. You put classics like evil dead 2 next to....um....munchies?? For real? Maybe it's just me but Munchies isn't what comes to mind when I think of essential monster movies that absolutely deserve a spot on this list 😂😂😂 And I know it's just my humble opinion but I am Legend is hot garbage.
Gruner: *keeps a female humanoid, keeps her as a pet, and abuses her for no reason* Creatures: *attacks the lighthouse to presumably rescue her* Narrator: BUT WHO IS THE REAL MONSTER??????????????????????????????
Gremlins... I'm pretty sure it's Mogwai (Mandarin: 魔怪, mó guài; Cantonese: 魔鬼) and not "Maugwi". Found at least one movie I did not see, so thank you for the list.
Minor correction for The Ritual- they weren't an offering to a creature named Jötun, the creature's name is Modor (also portrayed as Sleipnir) and he is a Jötun son of Loki. The Jötuns were just bastard demigod children of the Norse gods (and giants and such) but none of them are named "Jötun".
I don't get how trollhunter is number 1, I mean literally, jurassic park, predator, the thing, hellraiser, alien, godzilla, GODZILLA FOR GODS SAKE, and the movie with absolutly no regonization that was made in the 2010s is number 1, H O W.
The Howling, The Thing and An American Werewolf in London ruined my childhood. But that didn't stop me from watching them over and over again. Oh! and The Manitou made check under my bed till not so long ago :D
@@dahlia3307 Aliens.... Aliens aliens aliens aliens sci-fi..... I agree I felt like the amount of good recommendations here were far too few compared to the crap movies.
FYI - For Basket Case, they're from Glens Falls - not Glen Falls. It's my hometown. I honestly had never heard of the movie until this and looked it up to check (as hearing the common mistake of my hometown's name caught my attention), and it was indeed filmed in Glens Falls in parts! Now I definitely want to watch it haha
Glad to see The Void on here. Another gem is Baskin - definitely recommend it. While it's not a creature feature and would be considered sci-fi by just, Coherence is another fun movie that i feel ultimately could be called Lovecraftian Horror.
Fantastic! Thorough and absolutely captivating! Thanks for this....I've now got quite a few films to watch during the coming 2023! Really well done and enjoyable.
Fire list. I was about to rant about Hellraiser, Night Breed and NoES being so low but i figured out its in non numerical order. Basically they all in the top 55 with no particular order. Great choices btw.
The 'regeneration' of Jeepers Creepers has made it a scare for me for so long lol but I haven't seen any after that, cause I've heard that he's 'hard to kill' to say the least. Descent or Descend? The cave one, is also a favorite of mine, but not that l like the movie, but the concept of those monsters being alive in a cave somewhere lol 🤷 I find myself getting more afraid of realistic type of monsters than the supernatural or out of this world, literally or figuratively, as I've gotten older. I used to be terrified of zombies but now find some of them comical. Love werewolves and vampires. And love lovecraftian type of stories too. Any type of bio-whatevers, also find cool, like 28 days later. Psychological horrors can sometimes be good, or leave me confused about the story line lol I recently saw that movie about 'Z'? That was pretty 'good'.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers all 3 versions, Day of the Triffids both versions, Heinlein's Puppetmasters . Puppetmaster New Moon's series. Good selections reguardless. Thanx Cheers
It's pronounced "Mog-why " not mowgwee, I'm enjoying your video just that's his breed and you'll have people on at you about it already I bet so for future reference 😉. I'm glad you put basket case on the list, that movie terrified me as a kid I had nightmares about that conjoined twin thing for weeks after watching it and theirs 2 sequels but I never watched em too scared even now at 42 😆
