Monster Complex celebrates our articles that got the most views in the past year! Looking back at our most-read monster stories from 2024, including stories about monsters in books, movies, TV, music, comic books, and more.

Go backstage to see how Broadway brought Beetlejuice back to life. ABC News’ Will Ganss went one-on-one with the ghost with the most himself, Alex Brightman.

Some intriguing secrets about The Turtles, including stories behind one of their biggest failures—and also behind their biggest hit! Find out more details—and listen for yourself!

In this Christmas sketch from Saturday Night Live, Santa Claus has his elves reading Christmas letters—and quickly discovers a series of Christmas letters from a persistent man…

Asked to be part of a Christmas album, Run-DMC was worried a cover song would come across as fake. But finding a personal angle led to a song—and the Best Video of the Year award.

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven—at Christmas—forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival. Go behind the scenes!

Every monster movie fan should know about Christopher Lee, who has appeared in lots of horror films. What you may have missed was his heavy metal Christmas songs.

The story behind the surprising origin of the song—and how history could have gone differently. Includes three different versions of the song, featuring Stevie Wonder and noted rock guitarist Jeff Beck.

Duran Duran has made a whole album dedicated to Halloween. DANSE MACABRE includes new songs, plus covers of songs by Billie Eilish, Talking Heads, Rick James, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and more. We have THREE music videos—plus you can even play the whole album!

Fun beats for your trick-or-treats! Celebrate Halloween with artists like Janelle Monáe, Becky G, Taylor Swift, Will Smith, Black Keys, OutKast, Olivia Rodrigo, Oingo Boingo, Rihanna, and lots more!

The new song “Children of the Night” shows love for the Universal Monsters. We talk to the songwriters and the vocalist, plus share more info about Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, Phantom of the Opera, Invisible Man, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the rest.

John Barry’s score for the 1976 Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong gave the controversial film an emotional weight that is impossible to miss.

“Well, here’s the thing: My death was a real you-had-to-be-there kind of situation...” Ghosts in a graveyard (including SNL guest Chance the Rapper) sing about how they died.

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven—at Christmas—forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival. Go behind the scenes!

The first sound film adapting Bram Stoker’s novel, 1931’s Dracula did not offer a film score. In the late-1990s, Universal asked Philip Glass to compose a new score for Dracula for the DVD release.

The 1977 song “Godzilla” by Blue Oyster Cult is a tribute to the Godzilla film series. Watch the video to see the band perform the song onstage, and learn more about the behind-the-scenes…

“Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone” is an unusual pop hit that included a Rod Serling impression, and a dance groove built around the original show’s theme.

The world recently lost singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte (1927-2023), whose popular songs included “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” and “Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)”—both of which were in the movie Beetlejuice. In fact, you can watch those clips now!

One of The Simpsons best classic episodes, “A Fish Called Selma” featured an amazing parody of Broadway with its Planet of the Apes stage musical.

Find out about more about the cultural icon’s memorable track “Haunted.” The song was inspired by frustrating problems with being taken advantage of by the music business.