Best Monster Reveals In The Movies

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I always loved the monster pictures on television when I was a kid. We knew that thirty minutes into the movie, we would get a look at the monster. He'd either snatch the girl, who had to get rescued, or the hero would snatch the girl, and try to figure out how to save their lives.

But with the New Wave of monster pictures, you never know. There may be more than one monster, or it may change into something else. When this happens, it's a way to get another shock.

Here are my favorites (and most raucous) from the New Wave:

***SPOILER ALERT!!!***

#3. The Thing (1982). The Doc zaps the corpse in an effort to revive him, and all hell breaks loose. The corpse morphs, and in the chaos and flamethrower fight, the head separates, falls to the floor, and extends spider-like legs. It then attempts to walk away, unnoticed. One bystander notices...is speechless, with this just being the next thing after a long line of unexplained horrors...and then utters the immortal line: "You gotta be f*****g KIDDIN me."

#2. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (1994) The elite STARZ unit is prepared for a zombie attack when LJ, one of the few survivors and a stone street hustler, stumbles upon their defensive position. He is impressed with their firepower and preparedness, and decides to stand with them - until he spots the huge half robot, half zombie Nemesis monster coming their way. The STARZ prepare for battle, but LJ - who has seen many horrors, but is ready to fight - takes a closer look at this thing, and utters this critically accurate battle assessment: "You motherf*****s is crazy! Look! That big motherf***** got a rocket launcher!"

#1. Predator (1987) An elite commando team is nearly wiped out by the Predator. Their commander finally confronts the creature in a swamp, and takes a major butt-whoopin. Up to that moment, the beast has either been invisible or wearing an armored face mask. But before the monster is to finish him off, he wants his victim to be horrified by his countenance. He snaps off his mask, slowly pulls it off, and issues a terrifying roar with his hideous, fanged features. His prey - astonished - looks the monster in the face, and says the most factual, yet insulting things you can say to a terror from deep space: "You are one ugly motherf*****."

What are some of your favorites?