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Welcome to watchmojo and today we're counting down our picks for the scariest creatures and movies since 2016.

Consider this one to be a what if scenario for all time.

The 2019 film Brightburn attempts to answer this question, doing so with the character of Brandon Breyer.

The origin story is similar to Clark Kent as Superman, only with a completely different outcome and execution.

Briar's intentions actually wind up being nefarious, growing up to become a villain despite the best intentions of his adoptive parents.

There's a tragedy at play here, one that questions the limits of parental love when it's countered with pure evil.

Sure, this is a moral conundrum that's been asked in cinema before, but

Brightburn reframes it with an interesting superhero.

The Crooked man the Conjuring 2 Valak is the primary antagonist of the Conjuring series and it takes its scariest form in the Conjuring 2 as the Crooked Man.

This is a bizarre creature with a very lanky frame, grayish skin, and

But perhaps the scariest thing about it is the way it moves.

When appearing to Billy, the Crooked man walks in a very erratic and supernatural manner.

The creature is played by a Spanish actor named Javier Botet.

Botet has been cast as numerous movie creatures owing to his height and hypermobility, which is a symptom of his Marfan Syndrome.

Botet does an exceptional job as the Crooked man, creating what could be the scariest monster in a franchise full of them.

Am I talking to the spirit that's oppressing this family?

Six Wendigo Antlers the Wendigo is a mythological creature originating in first nations folklore.

It's appeared in numerous pieces of pop culture throughout the years.

The typically as some type of large beast like creature that preys on humans.

An absolutely terrifying iteration of the Wendigo appears in Antlers.

Is that the kind of thing you taught in California?

The physical design of this monster is both imaginative and wonderfully realized.

Towards the end of the film, Carrie Russell's character comes across the Wendigo in the dark and sees a human face is draped over its head.

That image alone is worth the price of admission, but the rest of the creature is equally terrifying.

Suffice it to say, this is the last thing we'd want to see inside a flashlight beam.

Da Clown Krampus we don't know how people think of these things.

Da Clown doesn't get much screen time in Krampus, but it's definitely design is unforgettable.

It consists of a very large worm like horizontal body, but

the most imaginative element of the monster is easily its face.

The clown has a face much like a vintage porcelain doll and a massive fleshy mouth that opens wide enough to devour human.

The contrast between the fleshy muscle and porcelain face is marvelously grotesque.

It looks revolting and provides a tantalizing glimpse into the creature's biology.

The practical effects and sound design are also fantastic, making a scary monster even scarier.

The Ritual who knew that this little British film would produce one of the most effective, effective monsters of the decade?

Moder is another Wendigo like creature appearing in full at the very end of the ritual.

It doesn't get much screen time, but the time it does get is both haunting and impressive.

We don't even know how to describe this thing.

It's like if a human, a bear and an elk fused together in a grotesque mass of limbs that towered 20ft into the air.

The physical design of this monster is simply incredible, with its dangling human arms, torso like antlers, and

beady yellow eyes being particular highlights.

We don't know what it is, but then again, we don't really want to find out.

Mutant bear annihilation With a story centered around intermixing DNA, we expected some imaginative creature design.

We can't crossbreed between different species.

Well, we certainly got that and then some.

In what's arguably the movie's most memorable scene, a mutant bear arrives to sniff out the vulnerable protagonists.

The creature is a horrific mixture between black bear and human.

the skin on its face has rotted away, leaving behind an exposed skull.

But the scariest part by far is its fear fusion with Kass.

The bear's roaring is intermingled with Cass human screams, and

it looks like Cass skull has been merged with the bear's.

Both the sound and physical design of this creature are masterful, combining to create one of the most unforgettable movie monsters in recent memory.

Death Angels A Quiet Place Franchise the first Quiet Place was one of the most popular popular horror movies of the late 2000 and tens.

And that's thanks in large part to its monsters.

Not so much their design, although it's certainly effective, but what they do and represent.

The monsters pounce on anything and anyone that makes noise.

This causes everyone to live in constant fear and paranoia, forced to monitor each and every activity for even a modicum of sound.

Their danger is horrifically established in the first five minutes of the movie, when a long legged creature swipes young Bo before his family's eyes.

It's an incredibly successful formula, and it's led to numerous episodes and inferior copycats.

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Pennywise the Great thing about Pennywise is that it takes all sorts of different forms, ensuring that everyone gets at least a little creep.

Scared of creepy clowns with sharp teeth and weird eyes.

Scared of leopards whose limbs are slowly rotting off.

What about headless corpses that chase you down dark hallways?

Surely this movie doesn't contain the greatest fear of all, a small cluster of intergalactic orbs that cause instant insanity and appear out of split clown heads.

Pennywise taunting personality is also gleefully unnerving.

And Bill Skarsgrd does a wonderful job with the character's more malicious tendencies.

What's your favourite modern monster movie?

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