The ’80s produced some of the greatest and best-known creature features of all time, while others were left forgotten.

But a good monster still has the power to scare — and maybe even seduce — an audience, even in the cynical 21st century. Here are EW's picks for the 25 best monster movies of all time, ranked. 25.

Monster movies have entertained audiences throughout the history of cinema and some underrated creatures deserve a bigger spotlight.

The 1988 movie about a gelatinous organism consuming anything living in its path, gradually getting bigger and bigger was already a remake of a 1950s film.

Monster movies are often dismissed as the lower form of the horror subgenre, the mere larval state compared to the more fully formed or refined psychological or "thriller" films. Whether or not ...