--- ---  # See the Evolution of Hollywood's Spookiest Movie Monsters by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) and [Kenneth Bachor](https://time.com/author/kenneth-bachor/) Oct 30, 2015 9:31 PM UTC  Count Dracula from Dracula, 1931. Count Dracula from Dracula, 1931.Getty Images by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) and [Kenneth Bachor](https://time.com/author/kenneth-bachor/) Oct 30, 2015 9:31 PM UTC  Count Dracula from Dracula, 1931. Getty Images  Frankenstein’s Monster from Frankenstein, 1931. Getty Images  Imhotep from The Mummy, 1932. Hulton Archive/Getty Images  The Wolf Man from The Wolf Man, 1941. Getty Images  Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon, 1954. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Godzilla from Godzilla, 1954. Embassy Pictures/Getty Images  Jaws from Jaws, 1975. Universal Pictures/Getty Images  The Alien from Alien, 1979. 20th Century Fox  The Thing from The Thing, 1982. Universal Pictures  Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street, 1984. New Line Cinema  Pennywise from It, 1990. Warner Bros. Television  Samara from The Ring, 2002. DreamWorks Pictures Movie Monster Photos ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4095100/movie-monsters-halloween/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4095100/movie-monsters-halloween/"},"headline":"See the Evolution of Hollywood's Spookiest Movie Monsters","datePublished":"2015-10-30T21:31:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:50:34.900Z","description":"They're not doing the Monster Mash","url":"https://time.com/4095100/movie-monsters-halloween/","keywords":["movies","Pop Culture","photography","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6560d8e4e3b99dd/69886efb0b72e32a446e6975/dracula-still-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Kenneth Bachor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kenneth-bachor/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6560d8e4e3b99dd/69886efb0b72e32a446e6975/dracula-still-facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bela Lugosi In 'Dracula'","caption":"Count Dracula from Dracula, 1931.","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4095100/movie-monsters-halloween/","name":"See the Evolution of Hollywood's Spookiest Movie Monsters"}}]}] ```