The Terrible Ten of Classic

Monsterdom

I've always believed that among the Who's Who of Monsters, these Ten classic creatures headed the list.  This is not to detract from those monsters who came before or after, but to honor those fiends who have stood the test of time to become household names and icons of our popular culture.

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The MUMMY

Im-ho-tep as Ardath Bey

Kharis

NOTE: There were two distinct Mummies that shambled from Universal's sarcophagi. The original, played by Boris Karloff, was Im-ho-tep or Ardath Bey.  The second, and the Mummy most people are familiar with was Kharis, played once by Tom Tyler and thrice by Lon Chaney Jr.  Chaney's Kharis is pictured here.

The BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

The INVISIBLE MAN

FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER

COUNT DRACULA

DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE

The WOLFMAN

The PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

The CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

The HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME