Top 20 Scariest TV Monsters Ever

TV monsters can be scary too! For this list, we’ll be ranking the most frighteningly iconic creatures from the small screen that left a serious impact. Our countdown includes creatures from "Supernatural", "Channel Zero", "Legion" and much more! Did we leave any out? Let us know in the comments!
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[@raffaelemarcantonio4682]

Bit

[@whitleysdollhouse877]

All of them

[@lakehuntist1459]

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[@tremolandi3918]

Dinocroc 2004

[@Suiteness73]

She may not technically be a "monster", but the Bent-Neck Lady from The Haunting of Hill House is freaking scary as hell. Complete nightmare fuel.

[@brandr7964]

Phatom

[@hellhound_haunt]

In my opinion, Slappy is a highly underrated horror villain. He's a Goosebumps staple, and honestly needs more attention.

[@baaron7]

Freddy Krueger and Slappy were the only 2 horror villains that kept me from sleeping as a kid!

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

Are you talking about the slappy from the show or the movie?! Because I think the movie one looks scarier!

[@hellhound_haunt]

@@nicktechnubyte1184 I think both are underrated. Even though I don't think the movie was great, I still think Slappy was great in it

[@Amber_MM_]

Both Slappy and Chucky gave me nightmares as a small kid, and I still remember those dreams now as a 28 yo

[@sarahm8695]

I'm genuinely surprised you didn't put The Silence from Doctor Who. Not only are they incredibly dangerous and hellish-looking, they can erase themselves from your memory as soon as you look away from them. What's scarier than something that's impossible to remember?

[@lakehuntist1459]

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[@TwilightLink77]

What are you talking about Sarah? Wait where did these marks come from?

[@keren.icehand]

I know right?!🤯

[@john6717]

I was thinking the same thing as i watched this. I was fully expecting the silence, but i guess weeping angels are a good #2

[@WatchMojo]

Good one!

[@BigFella117]

The Demogorgon is probably the scariest monster to come out of a Netflix series. The Duffer Brothers are creative geniuses

[@lakehuntist1459]

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[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

Hormone monsters

[@snoozy04]

20. Changeling "Supernatural" (2005-20) 19. Ebonites "The Outer Limits (1963-65) 18. Slappy The Dummy "Goosebumps" (1995-98) 17. The Tooth Child "Channel Zero" (2016-18) 16. The Corpse "Are You Afraid of the Dark" (1990-) 15. White Walkers "Game of Thrones" (2011-19) 14. Famine "Supernatural" (2005-20) 13. Demon Spawn "Ash vs. Evil Dead" (2015-18) 12. Shadow King "Legion" (2017-19) 11. Vampire Angel "Midnight Mass: (2021) 10. Swamp Thing "Swamp Thing" (2019) 9. Chimera "Fringe" (2008-13) 8. The Infantata "American Horror Story" (2011-) 7. The Gremlin "The Twilight Zone" (1959-64) 6. The Flukeman "The X-Files" (1993-2002; 2016-18) 5. The Gentlemen "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997-2003) 4. Striga "The Witcher" (2019-) 3. Walkers "The Walking Dead" (2010-) 2. Weeping Angels "Doctor Who" (1963-89; 2005-) 1. The Demogorgon "Stranger Things" (2016-)

[@lakehuntist1459]

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[@theresiasingleton7055]

Thank you for listing them. I always check the comments first and I usually miss some of what was said because I was reading the comments.😞

[@joelberry3937]

The Gentlemen should be #1. They still creep me tf out 😂

[@NeroLeMorte]

Thanks

[@ro4eva]

White Walkers will always be my favorite -- especially after they return on TV soon enough.

[@globbyakaweirdjellyguy954]

There are definitely a lot of scary things on “The X-Files,” with the Flukeman and and the vestigial twin being some of my top picks.😳

[@RandomJumble]

The messed up bear from Annihilation STILL freaks me out. And it only had like 2 minutes of screen time

[@MrGeekFreek]

Number 5. The Gentlemen are creepy but what about Gnarl? It slowly ate its victims skin while they were still alive and drank their blood to wash it down.

[@andrewhaase1826]

Honorable Mentions: *King Ramses - Courage The Cowardly Dog -He's among the few things from my childhood that STILL scares me. *Slappy - Goosebumps -Living dummies are already disturbing enough, they even appeared in Toy Story 4. Just looking at this creepy thing is enough to make me avert my eyes.

[@lakehuntist1459]

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[@kyleSD70MAC]

Return the slab, or suffer my curse.

[@andrewhaase1826]

@@kyleSD70MAC: You ain't gotta ask ME twice. I'd gladly hand over the slab without a second thought.

[@jcfreak4ever1]

@@andrewhaase1826 Hey, you're forgetting another iconic "living" dummy puppet, Flippy from Jimmy Neutron; that thing gives me the creeps, but is still cleverly executed in that ep centering on it... That is, unless you've never seen that series, then you just wouldn't know about it, now, would you? lol

[@williamsummerson1204]

My no1 is pennywise the dancing clown. Tim Curry did an outstanding job. Watch mojo is gonna drop another banger.

[@JollyRancherGeno]

As far as Doctor Who monsters go, the Weeping Angels are a pretty good pick, but by their third appearance (where they show the Statue of Liberty as an Angel), they're a joke, and not nearly as scary. The Silence are creepy, but not really that scary. The two that really stand out to me as scary (even above the angels) are the Vashta Nerada and the waters of Mars. Imagine that touching ANY shadow could mean you're eaten alive instantly, or that a touch from a single drop of water means the gruesome overtaking of your body. THAT'S scary.

[@chasedeneen]

Slappy used to give me nightmares when I was a kid, along with Lily D from The Haunting Hour.

[@blindsurvival8570]

I'm not sure if this is in this category, but the Zuni warrior from The Trilogy of Terror.

[@kittykathy9532]

Ohhh yaaa, I STILL get creeped out about that thing. Shudder!

[@blindsurvival8570]

@@kittykathy9532 Lol. Wouldn't that be a great movie remake? I mean, if they made it into a full length movie.

[@tonigallegos1325]

Omg!😳 I could sit through the first two, but Zuni Warrior was sooo scary,lol! I remember also this "scary" movie of campers came across devil worshipers in the woods, and it was super scary.

[@DerangedVoices]

Glad to see some of my favorite shows, like Supernatural and Buffy Vampire Slayer, getting some love.

[@httr94]

Channel Zero is underrated. The first few seasons are really good.

[@Amber_MM_]

I'm a '94 baby. Idk what age I was when I first started watching Night of the Living Dummy III, I was probably quite little. I remember being so scared of Slappy (and Chucky, yes I knew them both about the same time) when I was very little that I had a nightmare where everyone in my family turned into Slappy, then everyone else on earth turned into Slappy (just the head) and they were all closing in on me when I ran outside onto my front lawn. Slappy is very underrated, and despite being scared then and still creeped out now, I love the Night of the Living Dummy series and its villain. Just watched them again a few days ago ;)

[@quadravianisaac7976]

All these crazy TV monsters are practical and impressive

[@sharkattack6610]

Species 8472 from Star Trek deserve an honorable mention, as do The Silence from Doctor Who. Agree with the Weeping Angels from Doctor Who - creepy.

[@johndaman6322]

Species 8472 raped the Borg. They should at least be Top 5 !

[@bbqpitmaster5508]

I know they aren't technically Monsters, but the Whisperers in TWD would definitely be scarier than the Walkers irl I feel. Maybe it's just because by the time they came around, the Walkers were old news, but their ability to control the Walkers and make it seem as if the Walkers could talk is terrifying for the other characters.

[@timbert4672]

Good list there. I remember seeing that Fluke Man on X-Files when it first came out and it made my skin crawl, I had visions of it running from the bathroom into the bedroom when I was alone in the dark for a week afterwards, though there are of course much scarier looking beasts in film and TV now that thing was super creepy back in the day. Those things from Buffy were really good too as they reminded me of silent floating monster men I experienced in a nightmare when I was a very small child where I could neither shout for help nor scream. They really are a thing of nightmares and I've often wondered if whoever came up with them has experienced that same nightmare. There is another one from Supernatural which could have made your list, "The Siren" appeared as human, the object of a persons deepest desire just like the Greek legend, but its true form when reflected in a mirror was really horrible.

[@LdyVaJedi]

Tim Curry's Pennywise should have been on this list.

[@Sunprism]

I’m shocked you didn’t mention The Stag from Hannibal, one of the eeriest things I’ve seen on tv or movies

[@SeesThings]

The Stragoi and spider kids, "The Strain"

[@kirbygamer9291]

You think Supernatural's changelings and famine are freaky, try the leviathans!

[@nicolelylewis]

and he's not shown a lot, but the wendigo from season 1 was pretty freaky looking

[@noirangel6416]

Its awsome you put the Shadow King from Legion. The Time Eaters wouldve been my 2nd choice.

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

Walkers from AMC's 'The Walking Dead.' 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

The Demogorgon is a perfect top pick, but I would've picked the Mind Flayer. As terrifying as the Demogorgon is, there's something about a monster that doesn't have a visible form.

[@TwilightLink77]

What about Vecna?

[@justapeacefulmanwhosbornin7291]

Not gonna lie, the Tooth Child from 'Channel Zero' is ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. 😨

[@TwilightLink77]

Just a underrated Creepypasta anthology series.

[@HFXmermaid]

That pool spirit terrified me

[@aidanhever3369]

Sally Solomon: So how was your trip, sir ? The Big Giant Head: Horrifying, at first. I looked out the window and... I saw something on the wing of the plane. Dr. Dick Solomon: The same thing happened to me !

[@Sunprism]

Wish you had mentioned The World’s Angriest Boy In The World, from Legion. Another form the Shadow King (I think!) that takes the form of a living illustration from a disturbing child’s book, freaks me the hell out

[@MitzyDoodle13]

Lucifer from Supernatural. The unsettling anticipation leading up to his official debut in the episode, “Hammer of the Gods” was epic. Not to mention that he could just snap his fingers and all of them would explode in all kinds of nasty, gross bits. PLUS, he did purposefully try to kill his own son which to me really puts him up in the super scary monster tier.

[@timbert4672]

Indeed. That true black form of him we saw in the empty wasn't exactly a vision of beauty either.

[@charityquill4965]

props to the costume/makeup department for the corpse on goosebumps, that thing would fit right into an adult horror flick

[@JediMasterSap]

When you mentioned the weeping Angels omg then the demogorgon we lost it, those last 2 are tha best!

[@kthedgerton]

Can we get a top 10 or 20 scariest supernatural show Monsters

[@keren.icehand]

The boy with the gas mask from doctor who. "Are you my mummy?" The horror😱

[@Biplizard]

Fun fact: The lead Gentlemen(man?) was played by Doug Jones, who's been in various creature roles but usually under heavy makeup.

[@videogameguy3722]

"don't touch the merchandise" -slappy 😂

[@lfgubrs]

Flukeman from The X-Files

[@danielferrieri7434]

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[@sevendueceoffsuit]

Perhaps it’s an age thing but the Master from Salem’s Lot cost me many nights of sleep as a kid.

[@LoveHandle4890]

#1) The Demogorgon from “Stranger Things”.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Mind Flayer: “The Demogorgon has nothing on me!”

[@EdBoy1215]

4:33 I had hoped that creature would be on this list. I seriously think somebody should make a movie with a similar monster to it.

[@zomb0t129]

I feel like the monsters in the series "From" are the creepiest. There basically things that look and sound identical to real people and trick you into going towards them. The thing that makes them scarier is the fact they like to torture and then kill. Sometimes they just leave there victims to bleed out or something. Actually terrifying

[@dimitru6024]

Before I go through the video, if the monsters from Buffy's silent episode ain't here, you know my thumb ain't goin' up.

[@garethtrevor2920]

I was hoping the pacacock family from X-Files would on this list .

[@MarcTheLoneGamer]

White Walkers- merciless ice creatures... shows them sparing a helpless Sam Tarly

[@7amart177]

The spider human monster from the haunted hours scared the hell out of me

[@prof.addicted3421]

WOW ! The Tooth child was very scary....😳 👌👌👌😁

[@nykidd3423]

I think the ghost quicksilver was scarier than the Corpse.

[@beastmaster9945]

I believe the Future Predators from Primeval deserve a spot on this list.

[@LoveHandle4890]

#1) My ex gf.

[@pamelachilds1449]

Some monsters on TV are iconic and some are not. Maybe because they are not popular enough or perhaps they’re not in the same league as the other creatures are. But that just depends on what interests the fans most of all. 1. The Changeling [Supernatural] (2005-2020) 2. Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy [Goosebumps] (1995-1998) 3. The Tooth Child [Channel Zero] (2016-2018) 4. The Pool Corpse [Are You Afraid of the Dark?] (1990-) 5. The White Walkers [Game of Thrones] (2011-2019) 6. Famine/ The Horseman of Hunger [Supernatural] (2005-2020) 7. The Demon Spawn [Ash vs. Evil Dead] (2015-2018) 8. The Shadow King [Legion] (2017-2019) 9. The Vampire Angel [Midnight Mass] (2021) 10. The Swamp Thing [Swamp Thing] (2019) 11. The Chimera [Fringe] (2008-2013) 12. The Infantata [American Horror Story] (2011-) 13. The FlukeMan [The X-Files] (1993-2002; 2016-2018) 14. The Gentlemen [Buffy the Vampire Slayer] (1997-2003) 15. The Striga [The Witcher] (2019-) 16. The Walkers [The Walking Dead] (2010-) 17. The Weeping Angels [Doctor Who] (1963-1989; 2005-) 18. The Demogorgon [Stranger Things] (2016-) 19. The Pale Man [Pan’s Labyrinth] (2006) 20. The Xenomorph Aliens [Alien] (1979-2017) *Excluded Ones: The Ebonites [The Outer Limits] (1963-1965) The Gremlin [The Twilight Zone] (1959-1964)

[@uncanny_ally]

Pennywise missed the list? So much for a complete list.

[@iROCtheMic]

I'm gonna be 32 years old this December, and still til this day, Slappy scares the fuck outta me and gave me my creepy anxiety towards dolls/dummies...esp if there's multiple ones in one room...shit was terrifying also, the episodes of Family Matters where the dummies of Urkel and Carl come alive def furthered this fear

[@nykidd3423]

The corpse...I remember this episode..."Dead Man's Float"

[@komradkolonel]

"Tales From the Darkside" the episode titled "Inside the Closet." Who knows what that creature was. That's one of those things that you won't see on TV today.

[@DennisHough]

You could put about 10 aliens from the original "The Outer Limits" on this list.

[@rachelf9686]

There's definitely a few creatures from Grimm or Sleepy Hollow that could make it onto this list!!

[@PaulaABurnham]

Der Kinderstod from Buffy has better be on this list

[@Rexorazor]

In midnight mass, the creature was a vampire. There's no question about it being anything else.

[@shuckern7wgas622]

Don't mind just no strobe light to cheese the monsters effect! Totally kills the effect

[@Akira-zt1ud]

I would’ve went the first death in supernatural over famine just cause deaths presence is horrifying.

[@jordanhurd1988]

I’d add Zeke the Plumber from “Salute Your Shorts.

[@isabellafondino8670]

I think the infected from "The Strain" would've made good contenders

[@chibiprussia5574]

The Arachnids from the Orville Dx

[@TheSchmed]

Creatures of “The Mist” were great too.

[@havanadaurcy1321]

That New Orleans Duchess who killed more slaves in American Horror Story

[@strydorman]

Totally missed a few from Friday the 13th: The Series. That show scared the shit out of me as a kid!

[@TheSchmed]

Walking Dead “Jumped the Shark” after season 2 when Frank Darabont left the project.

[@cenexxis]

Happy Halloween!

[@slystone4892]

A great top 20 loved it.

[@verron1600]

The xenomorph from the 1988 TV show "Something is out there".

[@karimanning9232]

What?! I have never heard of that series! Now I must go watch it! Thank you!

[@KittyLovesGlover]

when it comes to effects, Supernatural is underrated. I love that show! And not just for the main characters. ps. @ 1:42, is Martin Sheen like 12 in that story?? lol

[@meghanmcclamma1662]

The Body Collectors of Halloween Horror Nights are based on The Gentlemen of Buffy The Vampire Slayer! Dare I to admit?

[@nykidd3423]

Slappy was a real one.

[@josh72456]

I've seen Supernatural from season 1 to maybe 10, Goosebumps Night Of The Living Dummy part 3, Doctor Who I've only seen the reboot series from series 1 to 6, seen GOT, The Witcher, Stranger Things, Buffy The Vampire Slayer well episode discussed on list and bits of The Walking Dead.

[@antonioamato3309]

In PA they have a haunted house it takes around a half a hour to walk the entire thing but every section is different and my wife actually had a panic attack cause they had that nurses room from silent hill they had to escort her out lol

[@AFanOfCinema]

9:39 "Vampire Angel" So, basically Sanguinius from Warhammer 40,000?

[@zombiTrout]

I’m surprised Mr Barlow from the original Salems Lot didn’t make the list.

[@maddestmike5791]

Scariest aspect of these monsters is that many of them are done with makeup and practical effects instead of just CGI.

[@858Bill]

The Borg from Star Trek TNG should have got a mention....

[@abellewis3062]

Slappy from Goosebumps is my favorite TV monster. Enough said.

[@edpadilla9402]

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[@walterfechter8080]

"The Zanti Misfits" from "The Outer Limits"

[@ameliabedelia7018]

There was this movie starring Linda Blair who had a long lost cousin visit her family played by Lee Purcel. The cousin stole her boyfriend and her father and even went to prom with her boyfriend in HER prom dress. It turns out Lee Purcell was not really the long lost cousin but a witch posing as her cousin. The last 20 min scarred me for life.

[@theresiasingleton7055]

Its called Stranger In Our House 1978 TV movie. I almost got it mixed up with the 1988 movie Witchery which also starred Linda Blair. Both movies are almost identical. But, you're right its a good TV movie from 78.

[@ameliabedelia7018]

@@theresiasingleton7055 yes! I got a perm just because I wanted to be Linda Blair back then. I also used to wear gold pedal pushers with no panties because thongs didn’t exits back then.

[@theresiasingleton7055]

@@ameliabedelia7018 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

The creatures in the show "From" tbh are scarier than have the things shown here imo.

[@adamfowler350]

Already knew the flukeman would be here

[@Garian9]

The Gremlin has to be the cutest creature on this list.

[@zionleach3001]

Personally I think the Camo creatures from the Detour episode of X-files is creepier than the Fluke man.

[@bean7065]

Supernatural and the x files each could top the demigorgon 20 times over with the number of scary monsters they had

[@paulthomas2138]

No Chad from Chimera? That was the thing of nightmares, much scarier than that Stranger Things shite.

[@maddiesanabria5047]

Disappointed the vampires from The Strain weren't anywhere here.

[@hikaruyasha7849]

Nah. If there was a Goosebumps monster that freaked me out it was that god damn mask

[@dustinkopperman6797]

No we didn't leave any out of these TV Monsters scare me the most on TV or on Netflix or on Hulu or on Apple TV or on the DVDs like Slappy The Dummy Goosebumps and The Tooth Child Channel Zero and The Corpse Are You Afraid of the Dark and Famine Supernatural and Demon Spawn Ash vs Evil Dead and Swamp Thing and Chimera Fringe and Weeping Angels Doctor Who and The Demogorgon Stranger Things

[@stormbringer8856]

Everyone here obviously needs to watch the Space 1999 episode " Dragon's Domain".

[@1TLP72]

The gremlin from the Twilight Zone is ridiculous.

[@karimanning9232]

The story was great. That was in the tv series. Twighlight Zone the movie had that same story, but the gremlin was of course looked like a real gremlin.

[@robertcatania1120]

So, Tim Curry's portrayal of Pennywise from the made for TV movie of Stephen King's "It" didn't qualify for this list?

[@winkiedinkie1452]

mind flayer should've been number 1 instead of the demogorgon seeing as how its a literal massive clump of flesh 💀