Universal Classics
Portrayed by Boris Karloff, the name of the first mummy depicted in the Universal series.
Imhotep
Guillermo del Toro brought an Oscar winning approach to his sympathetic monster in this 2017 film
Shape of Water
Michael Myers is often known and is credited in the original Halloween film as this mysterious name.
The Shape
In 1974, Tobe Hooper introduced horror fans to this iconic, chainsaw-wielding killer and his cannibalistic family in a remote farmhouse.
Leatherface
This 1982 classic produced by Steven Spielberg warned audiences "They're heee-re" when ghosts begin communicating with a family through their television set.
Poltergeist
The actor who portrayed Dracula in this 1931 film adaptation.
Bela Lugosi
This massive 2021 cinematic event brought together the two most iconic creatures of the Monsterverse to battle in Hong Kong and explore the mysteries of the Hollow Earth.
Godzilla vs. Kong
The Springwood Slasher is another name for this iconic horror icon of the 80s
Freddy Kreuger
Directed by Ti West, this 2022 slasher follows a group of young filmmakers shooting an adult film on a rural Texas farm, where elderly owners Pearl and Howard have a deadly reaction.
X
In this 2013 James Wan film, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to Rhode Island to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their new farmhouse.
The Conjuring
This sink or swim 1954 film about a prehistoric Amazonian expedition was the final entry in the core Universal Classic Monsters lineup, and the only one originally released in 3D.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Emerging from a top-secret viral video in 2008, a colossal parasite-dropping beast rampages through Manhattan, severing the head of the Statue of Liberty in this film.
Cloverfield
In The Black Phone, Ethan Hawke prays on children who unlovingly know him by this alternate name.
The Grabber
Rob Zombie’s fiery 2005 road-trip horror sequel sends the murderous Firefly family on a chaotic, blood-soaked flight across the Texas backroads.
The Devil's Rejects
Alejandro Amenábar directed this atmospheric 2001 psychological horror film starring Nicole Kidman as a protective mother living in a remote, fog-shrouded mansion with her photosensitive children.
The Others
This 1948 horror-comedy became a massive hit by pairing a legendary comedy duo with Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein's monster.
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein
Portrayed by David Howard Thornton, this silent, monochromatic antagonist decapitates and hacks his way through Miles County during Halloween in a brutal modern slasher franchise.
Art the Clown
While Hannibel gets the limelight, this killer in Silence of the Lambs draws most of the focus of the FBI. It puts the lotion in the basket!
Buffalo Bill
The directorial debut of Texas native Bill Paxton, this 2001 psychological horror film follows a fanatical father in East Texas who claims he is commanded by God to slay demons disguised as humans.
Frailty
Based on Shirley Jackson's classic novel, this highly acclaimed 1963 film directed by Robert Wise relies on brilliant sound design and shadows rather than visual monsters to terrify its characters.
The Haunting
This actor, the son of the man of a thousand faces, is the only Universal classic monster to be played by the exact same star throughout all of his 1940s appearances. Quite the hairy question.
Lon Cheney Jr.
Sadly, this viral killer had quite the internet presence and even inspired the real life murder of a teenager in Wisconsin in 2014.
Slender Man
Before his less than ultimate death and eventual height deficiency, this movie killer was known as the Lakeshore Strangler.
Charles Lee Ray (Chucky)
This 1987 vampire neo-Western directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Bill Paxton features a young man in a small Texas town who gets swept up by a nomadic family of bloodsuckers.
Near Dark
Toni Collette delivers a powerhouse performance in this 2018 Ari Aster masterpiece about a grieving family haunted by the dark, demonic secrets of their late matriarch.
Hereditary