Big monsters or small monsters?

[venomx]

Small monsters. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is coming to mind.

On the money! I was thinking the same thing. Creppy @$$ movie right there, man.

[Leah]

Both- Giant for massive building structure destruction and/or people death. Small for gruesome people death and/or can destroy a building.

[The Burgomaster]

So far, almost a perfect bell curve . . .

[Jack]

So far, almost a perfect bell curve . . .

LOL, I was just noticing that too.

[RD]

 I find the idea of small monsters more interesting to watch. Like the parasitic worms in movies like Night of the Creeps or Shivers. Something getting inside you is a lot more unnerving than a giant stomping through the city.

[Umaril The Unfeathered]

I sat on the fence on this one - I voted doesn't matter either way.

That being said, I generally find oversized things creepy and scary.  Godzilla or King Kong or the monster from Cloverfield.  That usually scares the bejeebles out of me.

Agreed! What additionally made the Cloverfield monster so cool was not only his unique appearance, but the fact that he wasn't seen until the right time in the movie, as where most films let you know right away what the creature is. Cloverfield didn't tip it's hand too quickly, in other words.

Little things like bugs and spiders are scary too but in a different way - at least you have a chance of killing them and triumphing over the danger.  But the bigger the things are, the less chance you have of escaping alive and vanquishing the thing.  On the plus side, it's easier to hide from a huge thing when you're much smaller than it.

It's official then, size really does matter!    

Overall I find zombies and vampires and werwolves much scarier because they are strong and relentless and human sized (generally) and that somehow makes things worse.

Clive Barker was once quoted as saying that zombies were the "ideal late 20th century monsters."  He rationed that unlike Frankenstein and Dracula, who could be reasoned with and "sent down in many ways,"  A zombie keeps coming at you until you stop it. No reasoning, no way to reason with it. You have to stop it cold.  I'd say that was about right.

[Umaril The Unfeathered]

Small monsters. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is coming to mind.

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n the money! I was thinking the same thing. Creppy @$$ movie right there, man.

Indeed it was. As someone who originally had seen the movie on it's premiere night in 1973, (at the ripe young age of 9) I was seriously sleep deficient that night. I'n very curious to see the remake after the trailer I watched at Youtube ( I think it was Youtube.)

[Bargle5]

Don't matter to me. Big or small, I like 'em both.