Dead, Mostly Dead, or Undead

Many monsters have crawled, ran, flown, or shambled across the screen ever since the first time a monster appeared on film. And, heroes or heroines (do we still say heroine these days?) destroyed, killed, or otherwise toasted these critters. But, which of the beasties that went bump are still hanging around, waiting for a chance to make another big-screen appearance?

I've come up with a partial, non-researched list. My research staff took the weekend off, so they left me on my own.

The Blob -- at the end of the film all they did was deep-freeze it and drop it off in the Arctic. Works great until the ice caps melt.

Ro-Man (Robot Monster) -- lots of sparks and bubbles, but is he truly dead?

Godzilla (supposedly killed and came back many times. Dead don’t always mean dead.) -- more lives than a cat. Just won't stay dead, and when he does return, sometimes he's even bigger. And really mean the next time around.

The old woman in the cat’s body in The Atomic Brain -- I think she was just looking for a quick way out of that dog of a movie.

Dracula -- stake 'im he comes back, burn 'im he comes back. Drac always comes back. Besides, he was undead. Hard to waste him if he's already dead.

Doc Frankenstein's creature -- which some folks mistakenly call Frankenstein, but we won't get into that. Once again, dead already, as in spare parts dead. All you have to do is put 'im back together and throw the juice to him again.

Alien -- we haven't seen the body. He was just floating around in space...

The Thing -- once again, where's the body?

The Howling – female werewolf is shown ordering a rare burger at the end of the movie, so at least one of the hairy critters is still around.

That's just a few of beasties that are waiting for a casting call again. They'll be back...

'til next time... Adios.  And, leave the lights on.