10 Awesome Movie Monsters Only In One Scene

Yet another movie that doesn't let up on original monsters with every dastardly creation thrown up on screen, Pan's Labyrinth is a treasure trove of Guillermo del Toro's most intricate and interesting beasts that need no more than a swift feature to solidify them into horror history canon. Whilst the Faun and his fairies are some of the most eerily enchanting that crop up throughout the narrative, it's the monsters that drop one time only appearances during Ofelia's tasks that remain the most terrifying.

The giant toad is a nice chunk of weirdness, but it's (again) Doug Jones's The Pale Man that has long been revered as one of the best original monster creations that only ever appears in a single scene. And of course, one of the most downright scary of them all.

Emaciated, skeletal, and pale - as the name suggests, really - the creature has no eye sockets, but rather little holes in his palms that he pops his eyeballs into, hunting Ofelia with splayed fingers in a sick rendition of reindeer antlers across his face. Feasting on fairies and children alike, The Pale Man is evil incarnate, and his appearance is only strengthened by how little time we actually spend with him. Five minutes is five minutes too many.