00:07Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the scariest creatures in
00:11movies since 2016. Number 8, Brandon Briar, Brightburn
00:30Consider this one to be a what-if scenario for all time. What if Superman was evil?
00:36The 2019 film Brightburn attempts to answer this question, doing so with the character of Brandon Briar.
00:42The origin story is similar to Clark Kent as Superman, only with a completely different outcome and execution.
00:48Did you hurt Noah? What did you do to him? He was my friend, and you just...
00:56Brier's intentions actually wind up being nefarious, growing up to become a villain, despite the best intentions of his adoptive
01:03parents.
01:04There's a tragedy at play here, one that questions the limits of parental love, when it's countered with pure evil.
01:10Sure, this is a moral conundrum that's been asked in cinema before, but Brightburn reframes it with an interesting superhero
01:17lens.
01:32Number 7, The Crooked Man, The Conjuring 2
01:35Valak is the primary antagonist of The Conjuring series, and it takes its scariest form in The Conjuring 2, as
01:42The Crooked Man.
01:47There was The Crooked Man!
01:52This is a bizarre creature with a very lanky frame, greyish skin, and a wide smile filled with sharp teeth.
01:59But perhaps the scariest thing about it is the way it moves.
02:02When appearing to Billy, The Crooked Man walks in a very erratic and supernatural manner.
02:07The creature is played by a Spanish actor named Javier Botet.
02:11Botet has been cast as numerous movie creatures, owing to his height and hypermobility, which is a symptom of his
02:17Marfan syndrome.
02:19Botet does an exceptional job as The Crooked Man, creating what could be the scariest monster in a franchise full
02:25of them.
02:26Here I come.
02:31Am I talking to the spirit that's oppressing this family?
02:34Number 6, Wendigo Antlers
02:36The Wendigo is a mythological creature originating in First Nations folklore.
02:41It's appeared in numerous pieces of pop culture throughout the years, typically as some type of large beast-like creature
02:47that preys on humans.
02:49An absolutely terrifying iteration of the Wendigo appears in Antlers.
02:53Is that the kind of thing you taught in California?
02:59I don't think that's going to fly here.
03:01The physical design of this monster is both imaginative and wonderfully realised.
03:05Towards the end of the film, Carrie Russell's character comes across the Wendigo in the dark and sees a human
03:11face is draped over its head.
03:13That image alone is worth the price of admission, but the rest of the creature is equally terrifying.
03:19Suffice to say, this is the last thing we'd want to see inside a flashlight beam.
03:32Number 5, Da Clown, Krampus
03:34We don't know how people think of these things.
03:37Da Clown doesn't get much screen time in Krampus, but its design is unforgettable.
03:43Oh, come on.
03:45It consists of a very large, worm-like horizontal body, but the most imaginative element of the monster is easily
03:52its face.
03:53The clown has a face much like a vintage porcelain doll, and a massive, fleshy mouth that opens wide enough
04:00to devour humans.
04:07The contrast between the fleshy muscle and porcelain face is marvellously grotesque.
04:13It looks revolting, and provides a tantalising glimpse into the creature's biology.
04:18The practical effects and sound design are also fantastic, making a scary monster even scarier.
04:24Hey! Give me back my kids, you fudger!
04:30Number 4, Moda, The Ritual
04:32Who knew that this little British film would produce one of the most effective monsters of the decade?
04:37Moda is another Wendigo-like creature, appearing in full at the very end of The Ritual.
04:43It doesn't get much screen time, but the time it does get is both haunting and impressive.
04:55We don't even know how to describe this thing.
04:58It's like if a human, a bear, and an elk fused together in a grotesque mass of limbs that towered
05:0420 feet into the air.
05:11The physical design of this monster is simply incredible, with its dangling human arms, torso-like antlers, and beady yellow
05:19eyes being particular highlights.
05:21We don't know what it is, but then again, we don't really want to find out.
05:26Number 3, Mutant Bear Annihilation
05:28With a story centred around intermixing DNA, we expected some imaginative creature design.
05:34Do you think it's a crossbreed?
05:37We can't crossbreed between different species.
05:41Well, we certainly got that, and then some.
05:43In what's arguably the movie's most memorable scene, a mutant bear arrives to sniff out the vulnerable protagonists.
05:49The creature is a horrific mixture between black bear and human.
05:53Its body is bear-like, but the skin on its face has rotted away, leaving behind an exposed skull.
05:59But the scariest part by far is its fusion with Cass.
06:04The bear's roaring is intermingled with Cass' human screams, and it looks like Cass' skull has been merged with the
06:10bear's.
06:16Both the sound and physical design of this creature are masterful,
06:20combining to create one of the most unforgettable movie monsters in recent memory.
06:26Number 2, Death Angels
06:27A Quiet Place franchise
06:29The first Quiet Place was one of the most popular horror movies of the late 2010s,
06:34and that's thanks in large part to its monsters.
06:36Not so much their design, although it's certainly effective,
06:40but what they do and represent.
06:48With the help of hypersensitive hearing,
06:51the monsters pounce on anything and anyone that makes noise.
06:54This causes everyone to live in constant fear and paranoia,
06:58forced to monitor each and every activity for even a modicum of sound.
07:03Their danger is horrifically established in the first five minutes of the movie,
07:07when a long-legged creature swipes young Bo before his family's eyes.
07:23It's an incredibly successful formula,
07:26and it's led to numerous and inferior copycats.
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07:46Number 1, Pennywise
07:48It
07:49The great thing about Pennywise is that it takes all sorts of different forms,
07:53ensuring that everyone gets at least a little creeped out.
08:00It's the entire point of its character.
08:02Scared of creepy clowns with sharp teeth and weird eyes?
08:05Well, that's its primary form.
08:07Scared of lepers whose limbs are slowly rotting off?
08:10Got that.
08:11What about headless corpses that chase you down dark hallways?
08:14Got that too.
08:15Surely this movie doesn't contain the greatest fear of all?
08:18A small cluster of intergalactic orbs that cause instant insanity
08:22and appear out of split clown heads?
08:24Well, guess what?
08:30Pennywise's taunting personality is also gleefully unnerving,
08:35and Bill Skarsgård does a wonderful job with the character's more malicious tendencies.
08:41What's your favourite modern monster movie?
08:44Let us know in the comments.
08:45Let us know in the comments.
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