We haven’t gone on our summer beach vacation yet, but retailers are already finito with “Back to School” and onto Halloween. Go figure. They must have missed the IT’S STILL AUGUST memo.
So to jump-start your monstrous season (and to reduce your shock over obscene displays of candy), here’s a list of over 100 monsters. Some hail from local folklore, some from novels. Some are mythological and some have graced (which is totally the wrong word) the silver screen. Some are computerized and some are human. Maybe. I’m not entirely sure. Some are friendly, some EAT BRAINS. (And thus, are not very friendly.) All are MONSTERS.
Enjoy…if you dare! Bwaaaa haaa haaaaaaaaa!!!
- Abominable Snowman
- Alien (Xenomorph)
- Audrey II
- Automatons
- Bane
- Basilisk
- Beelzebub (The Devil)
- Beetlejuice (Betelgeuse)
- Bigfoot
- Body Snatcher
- Boogeyman
- The Blob
- Centaur
- Champ (Lake Champlain Monster)
- Chimera
- Chuckie
- Chupacabra
- Clover
- Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Creepers (from Minecraft)
- The Critters
- The Crypt Keeper
- Cyclops
- Damien (“The Omen”)
- Demon Possession in “The Exorcist”
- Dracula
- Dragons
- Drakon
- The Elephant Man
- Elmo
- The Fly (Brundlefly)
- Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Frankenstein
- Freddy Kruger
- Gargoyle
- Ghosts
- Ghoulies
- Gnomes
- Goblins
- Godzilla
- The Graboids
- Gremlin
- Griffin (Gryphon)
- The Grinch
- Grover
- Gurumapa
- HAL 9000
- Headless Horseman
- Hobgoblin
- Hornswagger
- Hunchback
- Hydra
- Incubus
- It
- Jason (“Friday the 13th”)
- Jaws
- Jersey Devil
- King Kong
- The Kraken
- Lākhey
- Leatherface
- Leprechaun
- Leviathan
- Loch Ness Monster
- Malificient
- Manfred, Mookie & Mojo (“The Monstore”)
- Martians
- Medusa
- Mike Myers
- Mike Wazowski
- Minotaur
- The Mummy
- Mr. Hyde
- The Night Wump
- Ogopogo
- Oscar the Grouch
- The Pale Green Pants (with nobody inside them!)
- The Penguin
- Phantom of the Opera
- Phoenix
- Pinhead
- Poltergeists
- Pumpkinhead
- Red-Hot-Smoke-Belching Gruncher
- Sandworm
- Sasquatch
- She-Wolf
- Sigmund the Sea Monster
- Sirens
- The Sith
- Skeletor
- The Sleestaks
- Slender Man
- Snozzwangler
- Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man
- Succubus
- Sulley
- Swamp Thing
- Talos
- Tar Man
- The Terminator
- Terrible Bloodsuckling Toothpluckling Stonechuckling Spittler
- The Thing
- Trolls
- Typhon
- Vampires
- Vermicious Knid
- Voldemort
- Werewolf
- Whangdoodle
- Wild Things (“Where the Wild Things Are”)
- Wicked Witch of the West
- Wolfman
- Yeti
- Zombies
Thanks to Josh Funk for helping to compile this list…which I’ll keep adding to periodically.
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August 13, 2015 at 11:04 am
creationsbymit
OMG!!! I was TERRIFIED of the Sleestaks when I was a kid!!!! (Not sure why – they never seemed to move very fast…) Great list, Tara!!! Thanks for the walk down memory lane!!!
August 13, 2015 at 11:11 am
Tara Lazar
Do you ever go back and watch that show? Now it looks so cheesy! LOL (Although it looked somewhat cheesy back then, too. The boat falling over the faucet waterfall, LOL)
August 13, 2015 at 11:53 am
creationsbymit
I saw it on some obscure cable station a few years ago, and immediately exclaimed “Oh my God! I LOVED that show!!!”….and then a few minutes later, wondered why…. LOL!
Special effects certainly have come a long way!!! But I think kids are more forgiving about those things…at least the younger ones, anyway!!! 😀
I DO enjoy the nostalgia of old tv shows like that! All those things I loved as a kid play a huge role in my art. I’m not sure I really every grew up….I just got bigger…. 😉
Michele Katz/Creations By Mit
August 13, 2015 at 12:07 pm
Tara Lazar
That’s what it takes to be a great children’s author. Never having grown up. I’m still 7-8 years old.
August 13, 2015 at 1:46 pm
claireannette1
I’m impressed – your list is even in alphabetical order. I love the stay-puft marshmallow man!
August 13, 2015 at 2:04 pm
JEN Garrett
Your kidding. I love Halloween, but how can I get all spooky when I’m just barely kicking my kids off to school?
RETAIL IS A MONSTER! 🙂
August 13, 2015 at 5:18 pm
Tara Lazar
Ha ha, you’re right!
August 13, 2015 at 4:14 pm
diedre
Impressive list! But you know, the wicked witch of the west was way scarier than Beetlejuice 🙂
August 13, 2015 at 5:19 pm
Tara Lazar
I know…I would never watch The Wizard of Oz alone!!!
August 13, 2015 at 4:38 pm
Mary Warth
Terrific list, I too was scared of the Sleestaks!
As a Doctor Who fan I’d love to add a few favorites- the Daleks, Weeping Angles, Cybermen, Ice Warriors, The Silence, Vashta Nerada, the Minotaur. Spooky, scary fun!!
August 13, 2015 at 7:05 pm
Kaye Baillie
Thanks, Tara, I’ve always wanted this list!
August 14, 2015 at 8:23 am
Nadine Gamble
Incredible list…tucking away until PiBoIdMo!
August 14, 2015 at 8:41 am
Mark A. Bentz
If I start seeing Easter candy I will panic….lol
My Grannie used to scare us with stories about the “Jersey Devil” miss her!
August 14, 2015 at 10:44 am
LovableLobo
You’re very clever, Tara. Love this list and your marketing strategy. We think that Creepy Carrots should be on this list, too.
August 14, 2015 at 1:22 pm
Tara Lazar
Ha ha, I love that book!
August 14, 2015 at 1:40 pm
mariagianferrari
Loved swamp thing, and the old dracula movies both with Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi. The Reevers from Firefly (and Serenity) are also terrifying and gruesome!!
August 14, 2015 at 3:11 pm
ThisKidReviewsBooks
Um… I guess I shouldn’t mention that I start school on Wednesday…
August 15, 2015 at 11:33 pm
Pam Miller
Love all your lists, Tara. A list of Monsters? Now I have everything. Boo!
August 23, 2015 at 7:02 am
Lauri Meyers
I’m surprised at how much emotions a list of monsters creates. Chuckie gave me full body chills. The elephant man brought on tears – he was just misunderstood Tara!
August 25, 2015 at 1:40 pm
Tara Lazar
I agree, he was terribly misunderstood. A tragic figure.
August 25, 2015 at 6:56 pm
darlenebeckjacobson
LOVE these lists!
April 4, 2022 at 9:53 am
Lauri Meyers
Me searching the internet for monsters … and finding your perfect list again! Adding: Chupacabra, Rats of Unusual Size