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Vintage Expressionist Poster for NOSFERATU (1922) by Albin Grau	MAX SCHRECK as NOSFERATU (1922) A film that still inspires nightmares	Max Schreck as NOSFERATU (1922) The first filmed version of the Dracula story.
Photo of a deleted scene from NOSFERATU, Directed by F.W. MURNAU	COUNT ORLOCK from NOSFERATU (1922)	NOSFERATU painted by BASIL GOGOS
Poster for WERNER HERZOG's remake of NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE with KLAUS KINSKI (1979)	ZEN MANSLEY as NOSFERATU from his YouTube CHARACTER REEL (See our VIDEOS page)	EMIL JANNINGS as THE DEVIL in FAUST, Directed by F. W. MURNAU (1926)
The FOUR HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE from F.W. MURNAU's FAUST (1926)	The incomparable LON CHANEY, in his own makeup, as THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923)	The great CHARLES LAUGHTON in one of the greatest remakes Hollywood has ever achieved in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939)
LON CHANEY in his own make up as THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)	Lon Chaney In and Out of Make Up as the Phantom	The JAMES CAGNEY re-creation of CHANEY's PHANTOM from MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES
The Monster Art of Basil Gogos	LON CHANEY's PHANTOM was SO iconic, the U.S. made a STAMP of it	LON CHANEY as a false vampire in LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927)
Alternate cover of THE MONSTER MOVIE ART OF BASIL GOGOS	F.W. MURNAU's early adaptation of the Jekyll and Hyde story, THE HEAD OF JANUS (1920) with CONRAD VEIDT as the Jekyll / Hyde character and BELA LUGOSI	JOHN BARRYMORE as MR. HYDE (1920)
JOHN BARRYMORE as MR. HYDE (1920)	FREDRIC MARCH in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931)	FREDERICK MARCH as MR. HYDE (1931) Painted by BASIL GOGOS
JACK PALANCE as MR.HYDE (1968)	ZEN MANSLEY as MR. HYDE (From his YouTube CHARACTER REEL) See our VIDEOS page to watch	COLIN CLIVE and BORIS KARLOFF in FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
German poster for FRANKENSTEIN (1931)	Classic FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND magazine cover painted by BASIL GOGOS	BASIL GOGOS Painting of BORIS KARLOFF and The Monster
BORIS KARLOFF's FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER is so iconic, they made a STAMP of it	BELA LUGOSI "walks through a spiderweb" in DRACULA (1931) Directed by TOD BROWNING	HELEN CHANDLER, BELA LUGOSI, and DWIGHT FRYE in TOD BROWNING's DRACULA (1931)
Vintage poster for DRACULA (1931)	BELA LUGOSI's DRACULA is SO iconic, the U.S. made a STAMP of it	ZEN MANSLEY as DRACULA (From his YouTube CHARACTER REEL) See the VIDEOS page to watch
BELA LUGOSI in makeup as the SAYER OF THE LAW from ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)	CHARLES LAUGHTON plays the REAL "monster", DR. MOREAU, in ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932) Seen here with one of his "Manimals"	BORIS KARLOFF out of bandages as Ardeth Bey in THE MUMMY (1932)
Vintage poster for THE MUMMY (1932)	DOCTOR X (1932)	Vintage Don Post Monster Mask Ad
Aurora Monster Model Art by James Bama	CLAUDE RAINS as THE INVISIBLE MAN Directed by JAMES WHALE (1933)	The beautiful vintage lithograph poster for THE INVISIBLE MAN
The "8th Wonder of the World", KING KONG (1933) fighting a Tyrannosaurus Rex	Boris Karloff on his Tea Brake during the filming of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)	The wonderfully eccentric ERNEST THESIGER as DR. PRETORIUS with his "Creatures" in THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
COLIN CLIVE, ELSA LANCHESTER, BORIS KARLOFF and ERNEST THESIGER in THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, Directed by JAMES WHALE	Vintage poster for THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN	THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945) Painted by IVAN ALBRIGHT
JEAN MARAIS as "LE BETE" in JEAN COCTEAU's classic French language film version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1946)	RAY HARRYHAUSEN's THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) Loosely based on THE FOGHORN, a short story by RAY BRADBURY	The "RHEDOSAURUS" (a fictional dinosaur name) from THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953)
The METALUNA MUTANT attacks in THIS ISLAND EARTH (1955)	The METALUNA MUTANT from THIS ISLAND EARTH (1953) as painted by BASIL GOGOS	The GIANT SQUID from 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)
THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954)	Creature Bust from the Original Mask	The Creature in Color
The Creature (Olympic Swimmer RICOU BROWNING) swims underneath JULIE ADAMS	Color photo of THE CREATURE published in LIFE magazine	Creature portrait by Mark "Crash" McCreery
Portrait of THE CREATURE by BASIL GOGOS	The Creature as UNCLE GILBERT on THE MUNSTERS (1964-66)	LOUIS NYE as ZOMBO from THE MUNSTERS (1966)
THE GIANT CLAW (1957)	The horror that is THE GIANT CLAW (1957)	Unknown actor as "Birdy-Num-Num" in THE GIANT CLAW (1957)
The flying UMBRELLA MONSTER that was NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957)	The YMIR from Venus in RAY HARRYHAUSEN's 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957)	RAY HARRYHAUSEN's unforgettable CYCLOPS from THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)
WILLIAM TUTTLE designed the MORLOCKS from GEORGE PAL's THE TIME MACHINE (1960)	Animated brains and spinal columns attack in FIEND WITHOUT A FACE (1958)	Vintage Monster Tumblers
The Tongue of Frankenstein	The ID MONSTER from FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)	"NANCY" from BLOOD OF DRACULA (1957)
ROGER CORMAN's ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS (1957)	TABONGA the "Tree Monster" in FROM HELL IT CAME (1957)	ROGER CORMAN's CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961)
GORGO, the "British Godzilla" (1961)	The "Danish Godzilla" REPTILICUS (1961)	The GIANT CRAB from RAY HARRYHAUSEN's classic version of MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1961)
The HYDRA from Ray Harryhausen's classic film version of JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)	TALOS from JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963) In Greek myth, Talos was human size and HUGGED men to death, roasting them with his molten blood. Harryhausen thought this would look funny, so he made TALOS a giant.	The bizarre Italian MEDUSA in PERSEUS, THE INVINCIBLE (1963)
MATANGO, also known as ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE (1963)	Color photo of an ICHTHYOSAURUS from the TOURIST ATTRACTION episode of THE OUTER LIMITS (1963)	KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1963)
TONY RANDALL as MEDUSA in THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO (1964)	THE ABOMINABLE SNOW MAN from 7 FACES OF DR. LAO (1964) Make up designed by WILLIAM TUTTLE	The magical 7-headed SERPENT from THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO (1964)
GAMERA, from a series of Kaiju films that began in 1965	WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (1966) Directed by ISHIRO HONDA	KING GHIDORAH in DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968)
DAVID McCALLUM as the evolved "future man" from THE SIXTH FINGER, a first season episode of OUTER LIMITS (1963)	THE INVISIBLE MONSTER from the first season of JOHNNY QUEST (1964) is the creepiest monster from any cartoon of the 60's	THE HEAT THING from SPACE GHOST (1966)
BILL HINZMAN as the first ZOMBIE that appears in George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)	Another view of BILL HINZMAN (the Godfather of Modern Zombies?) from the memorable "car window" scene in NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)	BILLY MUMY as "the Monster" Anthony Freemont in the classic TWILIGHT ZONE episode IT'S A GOOD LIFE (1961)
MARTIN STEPHENS as a half-alien child in VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960), based on a story by JOHN WYNDHAM	MICHAEL REDGRAVE with HUGO, the Movies FIRST Scary Ventriloquist Dummy from DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)	CLIFF ROBERTSON with "WILLIE" in THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1962)
GEORGE MURDOCK as WILLIE after "switching places" in THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1962)	FATS the Dummy from MAGIC (1978)	SEA MONSTER, a classic painting by FRANK FRAZETTA
THE HORROR CALLED SPRING-HEEL JACK from Ripley's BELIEVE IT OR NOT comics in the early 70's	REGGIE NALDER as "The Master" MR. BARLOW from STEPHEN KING's SALEM'S LOT (1979)	The Shrieking Thing from FANTASTIC PLANET (1973)
The HOMONCULOUS from RAY HARRYHAUSEN's THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973)	The CYCLOPEAN CENTAUR from RAY HARRYHAUSEN's THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973)	The HANS RUDI GIGER Painting from his book NECRONOMICON that inspired RIDLEY SCOTT to hire him for ALIEN
H.R. GIGER's ALIEN (1979), Directed by RIDLEY SCOTT, was the greatest new monster in decades	The ZUNI DOLL from TRILOGY OF TERROR (1975)	PETER WELLER with a MUGWUMP (Created by Chris Walas) from NAKED LUNCH (1991)
The insane-looking early stage of SHIN GODZILLA (2016)	DOUG JONES as the FAUN in GUILLERMO DEL TORO's PANS LABYRINTH (2006)	DOUG JONES as what is probably the scariest monster of this century (so far) in GUILLERMO DEL TORO's PANS LABYRINTH (2006)