The Top 10 Best Giant Movie Monsters
These Giant Movie Monsters are Ready to Rampage!
Who doesn’t love giant movie monsters? Those huge rubbery creatures rising from the depths to stomp all over downtown… Well, anywhere (they seem to have a natural hatred for commercial real estate). Part of the fun of those giant monsters is that more often or not they’re the stars of movies that are just flat out awful. Then again, that’s just half the fun.
The one rule for this list is that I wasn’t going to pick one monster per franchise. That means you probably won’t see Mothra, Mechagodzilla, or Rodan on this list. Before you start protesting this executive decision and I want to point out that Godzilla monsters could make up a top 10 list of their own and that wouldn’t be fair to the other giant monsters out there.
So, make sure you check your property insurance premiums because there are going to be a whole mess of giant movie monsters coming at you from this list!
10. “Blobert”- The Blob
Sure, the blob (or Blobert as I like to call him) wasn’t always in the league of all the other giant monsters. In fact, he started off like any other blob that came to the big city with a glimmer in his eye and a song in his heart. In all seriousness, Blobert is one of the classic giant movie monsters who got his debut in the 1950’s as a black and white ooze slowly devouring a town. For me though, the 1988 remake is where it’s at. That one-upped the gore factor by actually showing Blobert devouring everything in it. Why does that make a difference? Well, Blobert doesn’t have a mouth, so he has to melt things down before he absorbs them. If you think a giant man-eating blob is bad, an acidic one is ten times worse.
9. Jotun- Troll Hunter
Everyone is always talking about how wonderful places like Sweden and Norway are. Sure, they’re super progressive, but they also have a serious troll problem. The good news is that they can’t come out in sunlight, otherwise they turn to stone. The bad news is that places like that can also have extended periods without sunlight. Luckily, the government has acknowledged the troll menace and taken steps to fund a grizzled old man to hunt down trolls and eliminate them. The best part about the movie is that there are a ton of different species of trolls, apparently. If I had to pick one for this list though (which I do), it would be that huge omega troll from the end of the movie (spoiler alert). The thing was practically mountain-sized, which definitely makes him one of the biggest giant movie monsters around.
8. Graboids- The Tremors Franchise
Despite the fact that the franchise refuses to let them die, Graboids are some of my favorite giant movie monsters. I’m not going to stand here and try to argue that every movie featuring these giant subterranean worms is necessarily good, but at least they all put unique twists on them. On second thought, that ended up making them a little complicated. I mean, they’re worms, then they grow legs, then they fly, and then… Well, I’m sure there will be another stage of development in the near future. It’s ridiculous, I know. But I love those big, underground, snake tongue boys, especially because they got to go up against the likes of Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward. Needless to say, they get the honorable deaths they deserve. At least in the first movie.
7. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man- Ghostbusters
It’s nearly impossible to think Ghostbusters without remembering this guy strolling down the streets of New York. As far as giant movie monsters go, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is probably one of the most iconic of all time. He even made an appearance in the Ghostbusters reboot, though the original was better. Sure, he looks like the love child of the Michelin Man and the Pillsbury Doughboy, but he’s the chosen form of the Sumerian god Gozer. He is The Destructor”, “Volguus Zildrohar,” “The Traveler,” and he’s simply adorable in that little sailor outfit. He might not be the biggest threat on this list, but it wouldn’t be much of a list without this guy.
6. Gamara- The Gamara Films
Of all the flying turtle giant movie monsters, Gamera is my favorite of them. Full disclosure, I was introduced to the big flying goof through Mystery Science Theater 3000, because, well; the movies are pretty terrible. That doesn’t mean Gamera is and this guy was actually pretty popular and ended up with 12 movies under his belt. We haven’t seen the big fella since 2006 though and who knows if we’ll get a cool reboot like some other giant monsters have recently. Like Godzilla, Gamera went on to duke it out with tons of other monsters over the years and eventually went from being a terror to being the savior of Japan. I guess when it comes to that kind of thing the giant monster you know if better than the one you don’t.