Alien is the scariest movie monster of all time, according to a new poll.
The monster in the 1979 sci-fi flick starring Sigourney Weaver as a kick-butt extra-terrestrial annihilator pulled in about 34 percent votes in a poll of fans for Sky Movies' Creature Features season this week.
Creeper from 2001 film Jeepers Creepers, written and directed by Victor Salva, bagged second position, reports the Sun.
Jaws, Steven Spielberg's classic thriller about a gigantic great white shark that menaces and munches residents of a seaside resort, was at number three.
Chucky from Child's Play and Pinhead from Hellraiser landed fourth and fifth spot respectively.
The list of top ten Scariest Movie Monsters of All Time:
1. Alien (Alien, 1979)
2. Creeper (Jeepers Creepers, 2001)
3. Shark (Jaws, 1975)
4. Chucky (Child's Play, 1988)
5. Pinhead (Hellraiser, 1987)
6. Crawlers (The Descent, 2005)
7. Werewolf (An American Werewolf In London, 1981)
8. Pale Man (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006)
9 Fly (The Fly, 1986)
10 Godzilla (Godzilla, 1998)
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