Top Ten Scariest Fictional Monsters

Your worst nightmares, things that kept you awake at night.

Here are the ones that freak me out (feel free to add your own oogely boogely things).

The Top Ten

Donnie Pfaster from The X-Files

I don't care about that damn X-Files, but the monster really freaks me out!

I'm not a fan of The X-Files, but the damn monster freaks me out!

If no one knows who he is, watch it, but it will freak you out!
Slender Man

The Slender Man is a fictional supernatural character that originated as an Internet meme created by Something Awful forums user Eric Knudsen, who used the pseudonym Victor Surge, in June 2009.
He's often depicted as a tall, faceless figure in a black suit, associated with the abduction of children... read more

If you see him, you will live in paranoia for weeks. He will be there every time you turn your back. He'll get closer and closer. He will follow you home. He will enter your room. You will finally make a last dash for escape, but it is futile. He will get you. When he does, he impales you on a tree and lets you take hours, possibly days, to die.

Slender Man is some pretty creepy stuff. Although the videos aren't of the best quality, they are still pretty chilling. I'm just waiting for a legitimate movie about him. Then I'll be happy.
Freddy Krueger

Fred "Freddy" Krueger is the primary antagonist in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He first appeared in the original film directed by Wes Craven in 1984. Freddy is known for his burned face, red-and-green striped sweater, and his glove with razor-sharp blades.

I remember going to the video store when I was little. I had not seen the movie yet, but there was a big poster of Freddy Krueger, and it always scared me. Then, for some stupid reason, ten years later, I watched the movie at night. That was a bad move. It scared me so bad that I had to tell my mom I watched it. She didn't get mad. She just said, "That's why I told you not to watch it. I knew it was going to be too scary." I should have done what I was told. I never saw the other Nightmare on Elm Street movies.

Damn him... Because of him, I even slept in a sleeping bag next to my dad's side of the bed. I was truly scared that he would make his hand pop out of my chest like he did in that first part of the series.
Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th horror film series. He first appeared in the original 1980 movie as the young son of the killer, Mrs. Voorhees. Over the course of the series, Jason became the central antagonist, known for wearing a hockey mask.

Jason is so brutal, and his way of killing is gross. Since I saw one of his films when I was a kid, I don't want to watch Friday the 13th alone.

That creepy way he just looks at his victims then slices them up without a word is eerie.
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary was actually just Queen Elizabeth's older sister. She was Catholic and wanted a child, so she took people and killed them as an offering. Once she died, Queen Elizabeth became the next queen.

I haven't seen this movie, nor am I that scared of Bloody Mary herself, but dang, I'm assuming looking at mirrors would be pretty darn creepy after watching this movie!

I do it at night, and it doesn't work. But my friends totally believe in her, and they say if you live close to a marsh, she will haunt you. That freaks me out a bit.
Jeff the Killer

Jeff the Killer is a creepypasta story often accompanied by an image of a pale face staring directly into the camera with a disturbing smile. The character is typically associated with the phrase "Go to sleep." It is one of the most recognizable and widely shared figures in the online horror community.... read more

Holy crap... When I first saw the picture and was told the story, I couldn't sleep for months. His face is what's scary, though.

I agree. His face is all that's scary. My friend freaks out whenever he sees his face.

The face is what's disturbing. The story is kinda, but that face!
Cthulhu

Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by author H. P. Lovecraft. It was first introduced in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu," published in the American pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. Considered one of the Great Old Ones in Lovecraft's mythos, Cthulhu has since become a recurring figure... read more

How is Jeff the Killer higher? Cthulhu is a Godzilla-sized beast with a head shaped like an octopus, wings, magic, and the fact that he feasts on nightmares is the scariest part about him.

How the hell is this not first? It's a Godzilla-sized monster in the ocean that looks like a squid. How is Hannibal higher?

Just play Skyrim: Dragonborn, and you'll come to fear him.
Michael Myers

Michael Myers is a character from the Halloween series of slasher films. He first appears in John Carpenter's 1978 Halloween as a young boy who murders his older sister, then returns fifteen years later to kill again. In October 2018, a direct sequel to the original film was released, ignoring previous... read more

I can't go to sleep without thinking, "What if he's here?" And at school, I swear, I hallucinated once, seeing him behind a car. I couldn't move. I almost went insane myself the first few times I watched it. I still, being the middle of spring, look outside thinking, "Is he there?" and half expecting him to be there.

What makes him scary is the fact that someone like him could actually exist. It's so chilling that he murdered his own sister when he was only about 7 years old just because she had a boyfriend. In later years, he would attempt to kill his whole family!
Tooms From The X-Files

This guy is the sole reason why I'm terrified of Slender Man. Just the way his arms stretch gives me the heebie-jeebies!
The Dead Girl - The Grudge

The Grudge is, in my opinion, one of the scariest movies ever. The way the dead girl spiders down the stairs or just her revolting face is disturbing.

The Grudge gives me nightmares. That creepy face freaks me out, and the way she crawls makes me scream. I'm telling you, if the dead girl was a real monster that existed right now, I would want to commit suicide.

I never saw this girl, but I'm sure the movie would be disturbing.

The Newcomers

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Tantabus from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

I'm afraid of Luna, but this "thing" is a creation of hers, so I am kind of afraid of it too.
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Chinga from The X-Files

The butcher stabbing himself in the eye with a knife traumatized me when I watched this episode. I still have a gigantic fear of eyeballs.

The Contenders

Pyramid Head from the Silent Hill Movie

Obviously a cruel, vicious, terrifyingly awesome example of monster-ness. While I don't get nightmares from movies, if I did, they would probably be all about Pyramid Head. Ripping the girl's dress and skin off is just one example of what brings him well up to the top of the list of scariest monsters. Who wants to be skinned that easily?

Go look up a video of this guy somewhere. He is ridiculously creepy and scary. I think that he is brutal and should definitely be number one. He's about as scary as it gets for fictional monsters.
Chucky from Child's Play

Charles Lee Ray is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Child's Play horror film series. He becomes the murderous doll known as Chucky after using a voodoo ritual to transfer his soul into the toy. The franchise began in 1988 and has since expanded into multiple sequels and a television... read more

Here's a creepy story about this horror:
I was doing my school spellings for homework one night and stopped for a moment to ask my mom, "What is the worst toy ever?" She said, "A Chucky doll." I asked, "What the heck is that?" She replied, "It kills people." That night I couldn't sleep. I was only 10 years old then. Good thing I have gotten over it now.

Huh, I don't think I'll want to see this.
IT aka Pennywise the Dancing Clown aka Bob Gray

It (sometimes capitalized as IT), more commonly known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, is the main antagonist of Stephen King's novel It, as well as its 1990 television miniseries and the 2017 film adaptation. It is a shapeshifting and ancient malevolent entity that is millions, possibly billions, of... read more

I don't know who is worse, Pennywise or Leatherface, because they both make me pee a little bit, so I will call it a tie.

It has caused so many nightmares. I couldn't sleep without nightmares for years when I was younger.

I'm not scared of the clown form, but the fact it can turn into your greatest fear is what scares me.
Alien

The Alien, also called the Xenomorph, is a fictional extraterrestrial species featured as the primary antagonist in the Alien film series. It first appeared in Ridley Scott's 1979 movie Alien. The Xenomorph has since become one of the most iconic creatures in science fiction horror.

Let's see... creepy face-hugger which looks like an angry spider attaches itself to your face and lays an egg in your chest. This little fella then enters the world through the hole it just burst through in your chest. This then develops into the ultimate killing machine. Massive spear on its tail, razor-sharp claws, razor-sharp teeth plus a second retractable mouth inside its mouth, also with razor-sharp teeth. Oh yes, concentrated acid for blood. Enough said.

Definitely should be at least in the Top 3. The Alien creature became an iconic and very memorable fictional monster. Not to mention, it's scary as hell.
The Boogeyman - Stephen King Adaption

Ew, when he killed all those kids, I freaked out.
Annabell

Annabelle reminds me of Chucky, a possessed doll that takes over your life.
The Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth

I just recently watched Pan's Labyrinth for the first time, and the Pale Man is the creepiest thing I've ever seen in my life. What makes it even creepier is that it is so scary without being very gruesome in the scene it's depicted in. There is almost no blood shown, but the Pale Man himself is creepier than any movie I've ever seen with blood and gore.

He has eyeballs in his hands, and he impales children with swords. Yeah, Freddy Krueger who?

His scene alone was scarier than the entire Conjuring, The Exorcist, or Paranormal Activity in my opinion.
Dr. Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs

Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. He became more widely known after Anthony Hopkins's iconic portrayal in the 1991 film The Silence... read more

No, I disagree. I don't even find the movie that scary. It really is just something to make you think. Even though the fact exists that I might get eaten in my sleep or that he'll tell me to rip my face off like in Hannibal...
Wait, so this means I found the movie scary, right? Yeah, I think so. Continuing along with my daily grind.

Silence of the Lambs is a great movie, one of the best. It's not very graphic, just very psychologically scary how Hannibal gets into your head. It's genius.

He is so awesome. After watching this movie, I could not sleep for several days. It was scary, especially when he takes down the two cops and rips one open.
The Rake CreepyPasta

The Rake has always been more scary than Slenderman to me. I don't know what it is about the Rake, but it just sends chills up my spine every time I look at it. The Rake should be much higher on the list.

I couldn't sleep last night thinking of it unless someone was in the kitchen or the living room.

The only thing other than Slenderman that scares me on this list. It should be higher.
The Baskerville Hounds from Sherlock Holmes
Black Eyed Children (aka B.E.K's)
Leather Face - Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Should be in the top 3. I mean, what's scarier than a huge, inbred, mask-made-of-human-flesh-wearing, mentally retarded, psychotic, chainsaw-wielding cannibal?! Okay, maybe spiders, but Leatherface is the scariest thing besides spiders. Even creepier, Leatherface was real (look up Ed Gein). So be careful taking a wrong turn in the southern outback. You might just meet this guy and his equally psychotic inbred family. The same applies to West Virginia.

If I saw this guy, this is what I would do:
I would look at him and laugh because he's sort of a loser.
Then, I would run.
When I got home, I would call the cops on him.
If he killed me, I'd watch him from Heaven and watch people be killed. Sorry guys.
The Zombies from The Night of the Living Dead
Weeping Angels from Doctor Who

Weeping Angels are alien creatures in the British science fiction series Doctor Who. They are known for turning to stone when observed, a state called being quantum-locked. These enemies feed on time energy by sending their victims into the past and consuming the potential energy of the lives they would... read more

They are original. The only psychopaths in the universe that kill you nicely. Just don't blink. Or you'll leave everything behind, or should I say forward? But so far away. If you blink, you have to live before you were born. You have to die before you were born. A great paradox as usual. Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast, faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't BLINK. Good luck.
Please go watch Doctor Who's third season episode, Blink. Best horror. Blink. Yeah, they are just silly statues until they see you at your funeral.

I myself think the Cybermen are more scary, especially how they turn people into heartless machines. But I think that the Weeping Angels are the best Doctor Who villain in my opinion. So far for me, every episode with them is a good one.
Two-Face

Two-Face, also known as Harvey Dent, is a fictional villain in the DC Comics universe. He was once one of Gotham City's most respected district attorneys until half his face was disfigured by acid, an event that triggered his descent into criminality under the name Two-Face. The character has been portrayed... read more

Sorry, but this reminds me of Voldemort and Quirrell in Harry Potter. However, I do think that it is scary.