Lamest/Best Monster Reveals

dcj2112 · June 30, 2019, 12:27:02 PM

I hate when the movie takes forever to reveal a monster AND it still ends up being lame. I don't mind waiting as the anticipation can be great, but the payoff better be worth it. On the flip side I love silly/low budget costumes, but if that's all you got then I want your guy in a monkey outfit with a tag clearly visible killing people the whole movie. Don't make me wait for that garbage.

Case in point I just watched Croaked: Frog Monster From Hell. The monster was pretty much just a guy in a green costume. Nothing special. But we don't see him fully until about an hour in. LAME!

Alex · June 30, 2019, 02:11:51 PM

Not exactly a monster, but the big reveal at the end of Contact was terrible.

zombie no.one · June 30, 2019, 03:55:57 PM

jason voorhees's face reveal in F13 pt.3 is pretty lame. he looks like half pig, half fat kid...

in pt 7 he looks like Iron Maiden's eddie mascot

RCMerchant · June 30, 2019, 05:47:27 PM

the BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS was lame, but you got to see him in all his brainy glory!

indianasmith · June 30, 2019, 06:06:09 PM

The creep in JEEPERS CREEPERS.
When you finally got a good look at him, it was chilling!
And Samarra crawling out of the TV at the end of THE RING.
That scene gave a lot of people nightmares!

RCMerchant · June 30, 2019, 06:10:55 PM

In HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Glenn Strange as the Monster just lies on a table for most of the movie. So, you get to see him, but he don't do s**t!
But he looks cool!

claws · June 30, 2019, 06:59:04 PM

Lame: Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
Great: The Descent (2005)
Lame: The Void (2016)
Great: The Monster (2016)
Lame: House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Great: Splinter (2008)
Lame: Boogeyman (2005)

RCMerchant · June 30, 2019, 09:15:14 PM

the Monster in IT CONQUERED THE WORLD (1956) had claws and looked like a weird mutant vegetable! Fantastic!
But in the remake ZONTAR, THE THING FROM VENUS (1966) , which was a remake-was awful!
The monster in both films wasn't shown until close to the end, and in ZONTAR- It looked like some middle school kids tried to make a monster with paper mache!

Svengoolie 3 · June 30, 2019, 11:11:14 PM

The giant claw. LAAAAAAAMMMMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Creature from the black lagoon. AWESOME!

ALIEN. Awesome!

chainsaw midget · July 01, 2019, 07:25:39 PM

It's not exactly the same thing but here's a really lame Phantom of the Opera unmasking.

It took me a moment to realize there was even anything wrong with the guy and when I did, it still wasn't that bad. I've worked with people that were uglier than that.

Svengoolie 3 · July 01, 2019, 08:04:35 PM

Quote from: indianasmith on June 30, 2019, 06:06:09 PM
The creep in JEEPERS CREEPERS.
When you finally got a good look at him, it was chilling!
And Samarra crawling out of the TV at the end of THE RING.
That scene gave a lot of people nightmares!

Fyi the syfy channel has jeepers creepers 3 on late tonight.

Rev. Powell · July 01, 2019, 08:32:00 PM

Best: CURSE OF THE DEMON (AKA NIGHT OF THE DEMON). Amazing monster for 1957, near perfect reveal.

Svengoolie 3 · July 01, 2019, 08:40:23 PM

Would jack nicholson's reveal as the joker in batman count?

Svengoolie 3 · July 01, 2019, 08:41:06 PM

The queen in aliens. Awesome.

Ticonderoga 64 · July 02, 2019, 01:40:14 PM

Great:

Awesome:

Still ok:

Awful: