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Behind the Scenes of the greatest Movie Monsters

Chimera of the Night

Though mentioned often in the script, the creatures in PITCH BLACK are seldom seen at length; rather, they are glimpsed, they are heard, they are felt. They are, really, the embodiment of your nocturnal fears: a howling coyote that jars you awake; the painting on the wall that comes to life when stared at too… Read More Chimera of the Night

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Monster Gallery: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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Marcus Corvinus

Markus, bitten by bat, became the blood leader of the vampires. For the first Underworld film, the most extensive Vampire make-up had been applied to Bill Nighy to portray the regenerating Viktor after his awakening. Otherwise, the Vampire make-ups in the film consisted in prosthetic teeth and bright blue contact lenses — showing their heritage from… Read More Marcus Corvinus

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Monster Gallery: Avatar (2009)

Main article: Creatures of Pandora

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Creatures of Pandora

General note: the following article focuses on the six major alien species featured in Avatar, with deliberate excision of the Na’vis — which will not be analyzed on the site. No Neytiri here! James Cameron first conceived Avatar in 1994, with an 80-page treatment of the story — which was to be produced into a film… Read More Creatures of Pandora

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Monster Gallery: The Fifth Element (1997)

Main Article: The Mondoshawans

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Monster Gallery: Super 8 (2011)

Main Article: Cooper

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Monster Gallery: The War of the Worlds (1953)

Main Article: Martian Warmongers

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Martian Warmongers

“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man… Read More Martian Warmongers

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Monster Gallery: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Main Articles: Shelob Fell Beasts 

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