10 Terrifying Horror Movie Monsters (You Never See Kill)

8. Brundlefly - The Fly

The Fly
20th Century Fox

It's not groundbreaking horror insight to say David Cronenberg does body horror well, but good grief does The Fly only get better with age. The tale of Jeff Goldblum's Seth Brundle's tragic transformation into a man-sized fly is as heartbreaking as it is grotesque, with the different stages of the affectionately dubbed 'Brundlefly' making for one of the genre's scariest monsters.

However, while Brundle's new form is certainly monstrous, the character isn't an out-and-out villain like most of the other examples on this list. Part of the horror comes from how his mind as well as his body is twisted by the new DNA, as there is a man you feel sympathy for in there, who doesn't ever go as far as killing anyone else.

That said, the dude is gross, isn't he? He's enough to put you off your dinner, and the amount of nightmares he's caused people, spanning decades now, cannot be underestimated.

Advertisement
Contributor

Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.