Spanish forum picks Nosferatu and Doritos Monster as top horror icons
A Spanish online community debates classic movie monsters, with users choosing figures like Nosferatu and the Doritos mascot.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
From Slavic vampires to cookie monsters: which monster represents you?
Which classic or modern monster do you identify with? This seemingly casual question has more depth than it appears. The initial post focuses on two cinematic vampires: Nosferatu, that specter of long fingers and fangs conveying "great suffering and pain due to his condition," and Bela Lugosi's Dracula, attributed with a charisma and elegance no other actor could match. As a sonic garnish, Bauhaus's Bela Lugosi's Dead. The conversation eventually drifts into far less solemn territory.
The Phantom of the Opera and the monster born from social interaction
One of the first serious contributions arrives with the Phantom of the Opera, specifically its 1943 film version. The interest lies not in pavor, but in origin: the supposed monster is generated accidentally through a chain of misfortunes for the protagonist, resulting from their social interactions. In other words, the monster as a product of the environment, not essence.
This sparks an analysis thread on the character's legacy: the mask later worn by Jason or Leatherface, the romantic relationship between the monster and the female lead, repeated ad nauseam. The pattern is copied, recycled, and sold again. Nothing new under the sun, but worth remembering where it comes from.
Lugosi vs. Christopher Lee: the eternal vampire feud
The vampiric axis splits in two. Against the elegant, deep-voiced Lugosi, some champion Christopher Lee as the better actor, arguing that Lugosi's appeal resided basically in his Slavic accent. The response is immediate: Lee brought more violence and action; Lugosi, quite the opposite. Two models of vampire, two ways of understanding the genre.
The original poster later adds The Crow, citing fascination with its protagonist, Eric Draven, as one of their favorite films. They admit the thread's idea wasn't exactly this direction, though the detour proved more interesting than the original plan.
From the Creature from the Black Lagoon to Siches' fly
The catalog expands. The Creature from the Black Lagoon appears, associated with memories of family Super 8 screenings and a nostalgia triggered whenever the image reappears. Also Pazuzu, the Xenomorph—chosen for causing the most terror in real life—and Leatherface, described as pure animality, without spurious motive or deliberate evil.
The tone breaks with the intrusion of the Siches' fly, a homemade monster, half ghost, which according to the description attacks in bars, kitchens, gyms, and neighborhood associations. The warning is aimed at husbands. No movie, no novel, no legend: just a joke that works.
The Doritos Monster and other confessions
Among the most upvoted responses emerges a collective confession: the real monster is the cookie one, or directly the Doritos monster. "Because I like eating them and because I'd like to give them," summarizes one intervention. Self-irony wins by a landslide over cinematic erudition.
There is also room for Nelson de la Rosa's Rat Man, who at eleven years old caused entire summers with eyes open in case he slid under the bed. And for Milton's Satan, cited as inspiration for Frankenstein's monster. And for Calcifer. And for the Man with X-Ray Eyes, including a live-action version.
London After Midnight: the monster that can no longer be seen
One of the most valuable contributions rescues London After Midnight, filmed in 1927 and directed by Tod Browning, also responsible for Freaks and Dracula. Lon Chaney played a hypnotizing vampire whose makeup remained etched in the memory of those who saw it as children. The film was not very successful, and the last known copy burned in 1967, in an MGM warehouse fire that destroyed much of the old catalog.
Only photos remain. Just photos. It is the extreme case of the classic monster: it exists as an image, not as a film, making it a harder-to-refute legend.
The Werewolf and The Substance
The journey closes with werewolves, antiestéticaturing a transformation claimed as "one of the best ever made in pavor cinema," and a recent recommendation: The Substance, described as a blockbuster with a crazy ending of blood, flesh, and viscera. The enthusiasm is genuine.
And amidst all this, the most repeated answer at the antipodes of analysis: Pedro Sánchez. Politics enters where least expected, as always. Oskar Dirlewanger also appears, without further development. The level of rigor is uneven, as expected.
In the end, the initial question—which monster do you identify with—is answered in a thousand ways and none. Some choose the specter's suffering, others the count's elegance, others guiltless animality. And a few, the bag of Doritos. Each chooses their mirror, and the mirror says a lot.
Which classic or modern monster do you identify with? This seemingly casual question has more depth than it appears. The initial post focuses on two cinematic vampires: Nosferatu, that specter of long fingers and fangs conveying "great suffering and pain due to his condition," and Bela Lugosi's Dracula, attributed with a charisma and elegance no other actor could match. As a sonic garnish, Bauhaus's Bela Lugosi's Dead. The conversation eventually drifts into far less solemn territory.
The Phantom of the Opera and the monster born from social interaction
One of the first serious contributions arrives with the Phantom of the Opera, specifically its 1943 film version. The interest lies not in pavor, but in origin: the supposed monster is generated accidentally through a chain of misfortunes for the protagonist, resulting from their social interactions. In other words, the monster as a product of the environment, not essence.
This sparks an analysis thread on the character's legacy: the mask later worn by Jason or Leatherface, the romantic relationship between the monster and the female lead, repeated ad nauseam. The pattern is copied, recycled, and sold again. Nothing new under the sun, but worth remembering where it comes from.
Lugosi vs. Christopher Lee: the eternal vampire feud
The vampiric axis splits in two. Against the elegant, deep-voiced Lugosi, some champion Christopher Lee as the better actor, arguing that Lugosi's appeal resided basically in his Slavic accent. The response is immediate: Lee brought more violence and action; Lugosi, quite the opposite. Two models of vampire, two ways of understanding the genre.
The original poster later adds The Crow, citing fascination with its protagonist, Eric Draven, as one of their favorite films. They admit the thread's idea wasn't exactly this direction, though the detour proved more interesting than the original plan.
From the Creature from the Black Lagoon to Siches' fly
The catalog expands. The Creature from the Black Lagoon appears, associated with memories of family Super 8 screenings and a nostalgia triggered whenever the image reappears. Also Pazuzu, the Xenomorph—chosen for causing the most terror in real life—and Leatherface, described as pure animality, without spurious motive or deliberate evil.
The tone breaks with the intrusion of the Siches' fly, a homemade monster, half ghost, which according to the description attacks in bars, kitchens, gyms, and neighborhood associations. The warning is aimed at husbands. No movie, no novel, no legend: just a joke that works.
The Doritos Monster and other confessions
Among the most upvoted responses emerges a collective confession: the real monster is the cookie one, or directly the Doritos monster. "Because I like eating them and because I'd like to give them," summarizes one intervention. Self-irony wins by a landslide over cinematic erudition.
There is also room for Nelson de la Rosa's Rat Man, who at eleven years old caused entire summers with eyes open in case he slid under the bed. And for Milton's Satan, cited as inspiration for Frankenstein's monster. And for Calcifer. And for the Man with X-Ray Eyes, including a live-action version.
London After Midnight: the monster that can no longer be seen
One of the most valuable contributions rescues London After Midnight, filmed in 1927 and directed by Tod Browning, also responsible for Freaks and Dracula. Lon Chaney played a hypnotizing vampire whose makeup remained etched in the memory of those who saw it as children. The film was not very successful, and the last known copy burned in 1967, in an MGM warehouse fire that destroyed much of the old catalog.
Only photos remain. Just photos. It is the extreme case of the classic monster: it exists as an image, not as a film, making it a harder-to-refute legend.
The Werewolf and The Substance
The journey closes with werewolves, antiestéticaturing a transformation claimed as "one of the best ever made in pavor cinema," and a recent recommendation: The Substance, described as a blockbuster with a crazy ending of blood, flesh, and viscera. The enthusiasm is genuine.
And amidst all this, the most repeated answer at the antipodes of analysis: Pedro Sánchez. Politics enters where least expected, as always. Oskar Dirlewanger also appears, without further development. The level of rigor is uneven, as expected.
In the end, the initial question—which monster do you identify with—is answered in a thousand ways and none. Some choose the specter's suffering, others the count's elegance, others guiltless animality. And a few, the bag of Doritos. Each chooses their mirror, and the mirror says a lot.
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