10 Awesome Movie Monsters Only In One Scene

10. Watcher In The Water - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

The Lord of the Rings saga is replete with all sorts of creatures that don't get big screen time in the mainline entries. I mean, even the giant freakin' wizard-slaying Balrog didn't get more than a handful of appearances across two of the three movies, with most of the monsters of Middle Earth - from Shelob to the Mouth of Sauron - having one big moment before fading into obscurity amongst the mammoth set-pieces.

One such monster that made quite the splash for all of a scene is the Watcher in the Water, an entity dwelling in the dark body of a lake before the Doors of Durin leading to Moria. Disturbed by stones being thrown into the depths, director Peter Jackson utilises POV shots and a burgeoning soundtrack to let us know that all is not as it seems underneath the surface before busting out a mess of tentacles that latch onto Frodo.

From here, the Watcher seems something like Tolkien's take on a Kraken, only more mean looking, pulling itself onto land with such force that it crumbles the Doors of Durin with but a slap of its noodly limbs. He might be a little CGI around the edges, but this ancient evil is enough to make anyone shiver in their mithril shirt.