you're going to need a bigger boat
welcome to watch mojo
and today we'll be counting down our
picks for the top 10 scariest
deep-sea movie monsters
for this list we'll be looking at
cinema's most terrifying beasts
lurking in oceans rivers and lakes some
of these creatures remain underwater
until the final scene
so this is your spoiler alert which
horror movie keeps you from swimming in
anything bigger than a bathtub
be sure to let us know in the comments
number 10 the giant squid 20 000 leagues
under the sea this massive mollusk's
attack on captain nemo's submarine will
make you think twice
before ordering calamari emergency speed
its tentacles toss men like ragdolls and
can envelop
whole ships
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huge eyes help it launch ambushes in the
dimly lit
depths did we mention a beak big enough
to make sushi out of nemo's crew
electric shocks only tick it off and
harpoons are a little more than bee
stings
in a film overflowing with academy
award-winning special effects
this animatronic squid steals the show
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the fact these giants are real only adds
to its fear factor
however this scene almost wasn't
originally filmed in calm water at
sunset
it was re-shot on a dark-storming sea
producer walt disney spared
no expense bringing the aquatic
nightmare to life
number nine ghosts of sailors the fog
the vengeful apparitions and director
john carpenter's follow-up to 1978's
halloween are as
frightening as they are unstoppable
superhuman strength and near
invincibility make each member of this
shadowy crew a
force to be reckoned with they wage
psychological warfare by possessing
radios
blowing out windows and causing objects
to spontaneously combust
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[Applause]
a mysterious fog provides cover while
frying engines and electronics
even scarier these ghouls may have a
point
and we're not talking about their many
hooks swords and knives
you see they died when their ship was
sunk and robbed by the founders of
antonio bay
six must die that was on the three men
on the seagrass and the weatherman is
four
you have five and one of us that's it
that's what they want they've come back
for the six original conspiracy
they've returned 100 years later to
exact revenge on their murderer's
descendants
despite a limited budget carpenter's
killer crew make this an
unsettling cult classic number eight
atoya worms deep rising this feature may
be funnier than it is freaky but its
creature is
pure cringe initially the octolus
appears to be
several gargantuan worms these are
lightning fast but strong
enough to crush steel each sports a
disgusting orifice that they use to
swallow victims whole
these unlucky monster snacks are
horrifically digested from the inside
out while still alive eventually the
oculus colossal main head
is revealed
at least several stories tall it has a
mouth big enough to gulp down
a semi fearsome clever and slimy this
sea creature has us firmly committed to
never going on a cruise
with treat williams
number seven the kraken clash of the
titans
release the kraken the big bad in this
remake had some
mythically huge shoes or should we say
flippers to fill
while we love the design of the original
from 1981
the 2010 version grotesquely reimagines
this behemoth on a grander scale
those beady eyes and big mouth give it a
more animalistic feel
its unique body plan includes extremely
long tentacles
crab-like legs and arms with major
tickets to the gun show
this thing is truly gigantic dwarfing
the city of argus
literally made from the god of death's
body this monster was slaying titans
moments after it was hatched for humans
and demigods in ancient greece
this brute inspired panic all the more
so
since the gods were literally on its
side
number six moby dick moby dick
when you break it down this white whale
is just a 90-foot albino sea mammal with
a mean streak
don't get us wrong that's enough sea
monster to make anyone number two in
their wetsuit
but the foreboding the cetacean inspires
is much more than physical
whosoever of ye finds me
that white whale ye shall have this
spanish
gold ounce my boy captain ahab claims
the white whale's clever attacks prove
an
evil intellect this moby dick
that tore my soul and body until they
bled into each other
the old man's missing leg is evidence
though the big fish seems to have taken
his marbles too
gregory peck's commanding performance as
the mad captain builds the beast up
before it ever breaches the surface
when you consider ahab and his crew do
battle on boats not much bigger than
paddleboards
you see why this devil drove so many
sailors
mad with fear
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number five gilman creature from the
black lagoon
sure this aquatic humanoid may not be as
tall as a skyscraper
but size isn't everything when it comes
to dread
first off the gillman shows real smarts
carefully observing prey
and setting traps before attacking it's
tough too
surviving harpoons bullets and getting
set on fire
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our fishy fellow is also strong enough
to move tree trunks
and easily overpower full grown men
plus it has super fast healing razor
sharp claws and can breathe underwater
yet this creature's strange blend of
human and fish features
is perhaps its most unsettling aspect
the rubber suit might seem a little
hokey now but
two sequels numerous cameos and legions
of imitators prove
this beast still swims in the depths of
our subconscious fears
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number four slattern pacific rim
few films feature as many terrifying sea
monsters as this
international blockbuster these aren't
just mindless brutes either
kaiju are humongous bioweapons sent from
another dimension to exterminate
humanity
ever resourceful people fight back using
giant robotic suits called jaegers
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this arms race culminates with the
nearly 600 foot tall monstrosity slatter
it's got a dome like a hammerhead shark
three highly destructive tails
a retractable chest spike and some very
toxic morning breath
as if that wasn't enough this killing
machine is backed up by two smaller but
equally ugly kaiju even a nuclear bomb
doesn't kill this walking extinction
level event
say what you will about pacific rims
plot few horror flicks have spawned
freaks as
otherworldly as this kaiju king number
three
the kraken pirates of the caribbean dead
man's chest davey jones and the mutated
crew of the flying dutchman are monsters
in their own right
do you feel this
do you feel like dark
but while we definitely steer clear of
them at a seafood buffet
it's joan's pet kraken that really makes
us flip
like a giant squid on steroids this
cephalopod heavyweight swings low and
from the starboard
it easily karate chops ships in half
while swallowing sailors by the dozen in
its gaping tooth-filled mouth
even worse victims may find themselves
serving jones as
fishy freaks to simulate its attack
the film crew used a small navy of grips
tons of pneumatic cannons
and 30 000 pounds of concrete however
you say
kraken or is it kraken this beast name
is synonymous with
existential dread in all seven seas
number two godzilla godzilla franchise
the king of monsters has taken many
forms over the decades
with some admittedly scarier than others
exact power sets vary but godzilla's
near
invulnerability and atomic breath mean
he's always a major threat
while physically the toughest creature
on this list our radioactive reptile
is more than muscle he is the physical
embodiment of the horror of nuclear war
in the 1954 original his scabby hide is
modeled on the disfigured skin of atomic
bomb survivors
likewise 2016's shin godzilla
echoes aspects of the fukushima nuclear
disaster in 2011.
once godzilla emerges from the ocean
he's almost
unstoppable inspiring fear in everyone
from tokyo residents
to his many monstrous rivals
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few other deep-sea monsters that'll give
you the heebie-jeebies
and deserve some honorable mention
cthulhu and the deep ones
underwater this ominous dark god evokes
cosmic horror
megalodons the meg these giant sharks
make
easy meals of giant squids whales and
even each other
alligators crawl these opportunistic
reptiles stage a home invasion during a
hurricane
the host a mutant terror born from
improper waste disposal
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number one jaws jaws
compared to the other monstrosities
we've discussed a 25 foot long shark
weighing 6 000 pounds
may not sound too bad
nevertheless when it comes to inspiring
real world pandemonium
this fish has every other bottom feeder
beet
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part psychological thriller part
blockbuster creature feature
jaws proved fear is about what you don't
see as much as what you do
a malfunctioning mechanical shark forced
the crew to use floating barrels
solitary fins and clever shots as
stand-ins
legendary performances by the likes of
robert shaw and the simple but haunting
score by john williams
more than overcompensate for the camera
shy killing machine
another thing about a shock he's got
lifeless eyes
black eyes like a doll's eye
when he comes at you doesn't seem to be
living
until he bites you rather than
detracting from the fear factor
this focus on the emotional fallout from
our oversized fish's rampage
has left generations crippled by
hydrophobia
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