As of the time of this recording, IT: Chapter 2 is officially out, which means, Pennywise
the Clown is back, and traumatizing the minds of the young and old once again.
So, saying that, to honor the release of this horror, we’re back with a part 2 of our
list Top 5 Scariest Monsters Created By Stephen King.
Before we begin, be sure to stick around until the end of the video where I’ll be responding
to some of your comments.
Let’s jump in.
5 Cujo - Cujo Published back in 1981, Cujo is a psychological
horror about a rabid St. Bernard.
Yeah, it’s that simple.
Dogs are supposed to be man’s best friend...however, this pooch is no one’s friend.
Now, this number is all dependent on how you view the source material.
The original text, at face value, is literally about the poor dog Cujo who goes crazy on
account of rabies.
Yeah, no fun at all.
However, if you choose to side the supernatural elements of the text, things change a little.
Well a lot.
And you may be fearing the ghost of killer Frank Dodd has possessed Cujo the dog.
However, no matter how you spin, Cujo is still terrifying, because, to put it simply, King
took something so innocent, something so full of love, and made it sinister, and a killing
machine.
With Cujo wanting nothing more than to rip apart the mother and son trapped inside their
car.
It’s simple, but that’s what makes it truly terrifying, perhaps because so many
of us have dogs or want dogs, and the idea that the instinct to kill could take over
our lovable furry friends is completely, and utterly terrifying.
4 Gage Creed - Pet Sematary
Published back in 1983, Pet Sematary follows Louis Creed, a doctor from Chicago, who relocated
with his family to a house near the small town of Ludlow, Maine with his wife Rachel,
their two young children Eileen and Gage, and Ellie’s cat, Winston Church.
Louise quickly learns of the local cemetery, where the children of the town bury their
deceased animals, however, it isn’t as wholesome as you would believe.
The pets that are buried come back to life, and our characters learn this when Winston
his hit by a truck and returns not long after being buried.
However, he doesn’t return the same, nothing ever does.
However, it is so much the supernatural elements of Pet Sematary that we’re going to focus
on here, no, it’s the character of Gage Creed, the youngest child.
Gage is one of the primary antagonists from the book and the film of the same name, though
starting out innocent and sweet, things take a turn when he is run over by a truck at Thanksgiving.
However, Gage’s death was actually caused by the magic of the Pet Sematary, a place
where Gage is ultimately buried and in turn returns back to life, no longer a sweet and
innocent child.
But now a zombie, a zombie that seeks to kill his family and his neighbors.
There is something truly evil inside the tiny body of Gage, and it has a brutal lust for
blood.
Even wielding a scalpel and wreaking havoc across his small town.
Honestly, Gage still haunts my dreams.
3 The Overlook Hotel - The Shining Now, arguably the main antagonist in the 1980
horror movie The Shining is The Overlook Hotel.
The haunting, mysterious, and isolated hotel located deep in the Colorado mountains is
the location of this psychological horror that houses Jack Torrance and his family over
a long winter in hopes of curing his writer's block.
All is well at first, Jack, his wife Wendy, and their young son Danny settle in, before
Danny becomes plagued by psychic premonitions that gradually become more disturbing over
the course of the movie.
However, during this time, Jack begins to discover the hotel’s dark and disturbing
secrets, and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.
Now, in the world of Stephen King, hotel’s are a naturally creepy place, specifically
in the short story 1408 which takes place in the Dolphin Hotel -- however, The Overlook
Hotel best exemplifies the true horror of what a hotel is capable of.
The Overlook is festering with ghosts, and these ghosts are not kind, not kind at all.
They’re incredibly hostile and seek to lure you deeper into the hotel and into their grasps.
They are demonic spirits, trapped in eternal misery, forced to forever relive their gruesome
ends, and in turn bringing harm to anyone who gets in their way.The Shining is scary,
but the film would be absolutely nothing without the hotel, a place that no matter what, makes
you feel a constant unease and discomfort.
A place that houses the undead who have nothing but evil intentions.
2 Henry Bowers - IT
Published back in 1986, IT is Stephen King’s 22nd book and his 17th novel, with the story
following the experiences of 7 children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that
exploits the fears and phobias of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey,
Pennywise the Clown.
However, this isn’t the monster we’re discussing today.
No.
It’s Henry Bowers.
Henry is the psychopathic school and neighborhood bully and the secondary antagonist in the
novel IT, the miniseries, the 2017 film adaption and the 2019 sequel.
Bowers is everywhere.
He is also the leader of The Bowers Gang, a gang of preteen bullies who bully and rival
the Losers’ Club.
Now, Henry’s childhood is somewhat tragic, and may answer the question as to why he is
the way he is.
Raised in a poor, violent environment by his mentall ill, racist, and alcoholic father,
Henry rapidly developed into a hateful boy who would often verbally and physically attack
anyone around him.
Now, Henry’s erosion to insanity began prior to the summer of 1958, during which time he
torments the Losers with acts of violence, such as carving his name onto Ben Hamscom’s
belly, killing Mike Hanlon’s dog with raw meat laced with insect poisoning, breaking
Eddie’s arm, and white washing Stan’s face in the snow until it bleeds.
Yeah.
Henry Bowers is truly disturbed.
Henry eventually comes to possess a switchblade, which he uses to kill his crazy abusive father.
However, all of his disturbing behaviors come to a head when he chases the Losers down through
the sewers under Derry, where he encounters Pennywise who takes the form of Frankenstein’s
Monsters and kills Henry’s friends Vic, and Belch.
Two murders that Henry would later be charged for before being committed to the Juniper
Hill Asylum for life -- up until his escape in 1985.
Henry, is a character that terrifies me more than Pennywise itself, simply because he has
no limits, he will hurt anything and anyone for no reason, he does it simply because he
can, even in the wake of a shapeshifting entity.
His violence never ceases.
1 Kurt Barlow - Salems Lot Published in 1975, before being made into
a TV movie released in 1979, Salem’s Lot is a horror novel by Stephen King and involves
a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem’s Lot in Maine, where
he lived from the age of five through nine, only to discover that the residents are becoming
vampires.
Now, Kurt Barlow is the main antagonist in this disturbing story, and is not just a vampire,
but a master vampires who terrorizes this small Maine town.
This is King’s only foray into the world of vampires, the classic ones at least, and
Barlow was King’s way of getting the entire mythos right the first time.
And he truly did it.
Not only is it King’s second novel, and his first of many centering on preternatural
creatures, but Salem’s Lot was the first small town novel, a setting that King would
return to many times.
Now, Barlow arrives in Maine after he his shipped in a box by his human assistant, and
the two take residence in the mansion, a mansion that is considered to be haunted by almost
everyone in the town.
Now, Stephen King kept this novel simple, well at least simple in its setup.
It’s essentially a modern take on Dracula, and weaves that classic tale into his small
town setting.
And, in the process, he created one of the most terrifying and disturbing monsters in
horror history.
Kurt Barlow.
Now, his age is unknown, but before the events of the novel, it is suggested that Barlow’s
original name or alias was Breichen and that he was an Austrian nobleman, who has spent
centuries satisfying his appetites for humans.
Barlow is arguably more of a catalyst, using residents as pawns to tighten his grip on
the town, with his very presence invoking a sense of dread.
I quote from the novel reads “That above all else.
They did not look out their windows.
No matter what noises or dreadful possibilities, no matter how awful the unknown, there was
an even worse thing; to look the Gorgon in the face.”
Yep, Kurt Barlow is not to be messed with.
Well, there we have it!
Do you guys agree with our list, were there any scary Stephen King monsters that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 3.
Before I go though, I just want to respond to a few comments from one of our last videos,
Top 5 Scary North American Urban Legends.
DC Carter said “I drive on Riverdale Road almost daily.
It’s really creepy at night especially.”
-- I would move if I were you.
Just saying.
Edward Valencia said “I hate Turnbull Canyon, I lived in Hacienda heights when I was younger.
While living there, my house was close to that canyon, just a few years before we moved
I had an encounter with a demon in my room there.”
-- What?!
Edward, I need more information ASAP.
That’s terrifying.
James Keziah Delaney said “What TV series are you watching now Lucy?
Any recommendations?”
-- Oooo, a bunch!
I just finished season 2 of The Sinner, which I highly recommend.
I also recently watched The Terror, and Euphoria.
Jennifer K Luckett “Lucy will you please tell us more about Riverdale Road in Colorado?”
-- I would LOVE to.
Hopefully in an upcoming video!
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