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.

We cover lots of monster fiction and storytelling here on Monster Complex. We talk about stories with all kinds of monsters—including vampires and zombies and aliens and ghosts—as well as the people who hunt them and/or love them. Whether you’re a fan of books, movies and TV shows, or other forms of media, we do our best to explore popular monster fiction—plus those examples that we think deserve more attention.

As we enter 2025, let’s take a look back at the most popular articles that folks were reading on Monster Complex last year. Take a look at the list and maybe find something you really want to read or watch…

Top Monster Story Articles in 2024

And here are links to the most-read articles we’ve posted on specific topics…

• Monster Comedy

• Books

• Comic Books

• Authors

• Movies

• Television

• Music

• Writing

• Classic Monsters

• Giant Monsters

• The Munsters

• Zombies

• Vampires

• Science Fiction

Monster Complex Top Posts of 2024

• Complete List of Universal Monsters Movies (1923-1960)

• The Supernatural Book Series in Order

• The Munsters vs. Addams Family: What’s the difference?

• Top 13 Zombie Comedy Movies

• Complete Dresden Files Books by Jim Butcher In Order

• Complete Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews in Order + Q&A

• True Blood: Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse Books In Order

• Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: 13 Facts About One Of the Most Influential Books in Literature

• Top 70 Horror Authors and Their Work (According to Google)

• Frank Herbert’s Dune: Complete Dune Books in Publication Order

• 60+ Special Vampire Book Series—from Anne Rice, L.A. Banks, Charlaine Harris, more

• How all 3 Cloverfield films are connected (and wait—what about the 4th movie?)

• Writing Tips from 31 Horror Authors

Top Monster Comedy Posts 2024

NOTE: We put all the high-ranking posts about The Munsters into their own list below. (We talk about The Munsters a lot.)

• Top 13 Zombie Comedy Movies

• Count Dracula: 13 Versions—From Dizzy to Daring

• Top 31 Hilarious Vampire Comedy Movies (21-31)—including Dracula: Dead and Loving It

• Flashback: SNL—The Devil on ‘People’s Court’ (Jon Lovitz) - 1986

• 25 Iconic Robot TV Shows—including MST3K, Futurama, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and more

• Laugh Or Scream: 50+ Comedy Horror Books

• 27 Monster Musicals: From Addams Family and Spirited to Beetlejuice and beyond

• Frankenstein’s Monster: 13 Alternate Versions

• ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Fans—16 Vampire Books You Should Check Out

• 100 Best Horror Comedy Movies of All Time - Best Funny Scary Movies

• Top 31 Vampire Comedy Movies (1-10)—including What We Do in the Shadows

• Abbott and Costello vs. 13 Monsters—including Dracula, Mr. Hyde, and the Creature From the Black Lagoon

More spotlights on funny monster stories here

Top Monster Book Posts 2024

• The Supernatural book series in order

• Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: 13 Facts About One Of the Most Influential Books in Literature

• Frank Herbert’s Dune: Complete Dune Books in Publication Order

• 60+ Special Vampire Book Series—from Anne Rice, L.A. Banks, Charlaine Harris, more

• Harry Potter fans—21 book series you should check out

• Hellboy Novels and Anthologies In Order

• Multiverse Fiction: 22 Diverting Examples of Parallel Universe Stories

• Complete Vampire Diaries books in order

• 100 supernatural detective book series UPDATED

• Laugh Or Scream: 50+ Comedy Horror Books

• Who WROTE the Vampire Diaries books? Don’t believe the name on the cover…

• ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Fans—16 Vampire Books You Should Check Out

• Dracula vs Van Helsing: Who’s the REAL Van Helsing?

• Cyberpunk? Best books, movies, more exploring a dystopian future with “high tech and low life”

• Mummy Fiction Books by Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, R.L. Stine, more

• 70+ Zombie Book Series—from David Wellington, Justina Ireland, Diana Rowland, more!

• The X-Files Novels in Order

• Best Zombie Books from Colson Whitehead, Seanan McGuire, Isaac Marion, more

• 9 Spine-Chilling Indian horror novels

• 16 King Kong innovative (sometimes surprising) books and comics

More of our articles about monster books here

Top Monster Comic Book Posts 2024

• Count Dracula: 13 Versions—From Dizzy to Daring

• 25 Monsters Who Are Marvel Superheroes

• Hellboy in Comic Books, Novels, and Movies

• Multiverse Fiction: 22 Diverting Examples of Parallel Universe Stories

• Frankenstein’s Monster: 13 Alternate Versions

• 26 Swamp Monsters from Myths, Comics, X-Files, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more

• 45 Important Black comic book superheroes

• 13 Adaptations of H.G. Wells novel The Invisible Man (well, lots more than that…)

• 16 King Kong innovative (sometimes surprising) books and comics

• New Creature Commandos comic book written by actor David Dastmalchian

• 13 Rockin’ Robots from Comics

• 14 Great Women Comics Creators

• Celebrating ROBOT MONSTER with a 3-D comic book anthology

• How the author of FRIGHT NIGHT is expanding the world of the original vampire movie

• Was ‘The Munsters’ inspired by Marvel Comics? 13 surprising parallels

More of our articles about monsters in comic books here

Top Posts about Monster Authors 2024

• Top 70 Horror Authors and Their Work (According to Google)

• Complete Dresden Files Books by Jim Butcher In Order

• True Blood: Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse Books In Order

• Brandon Sanderson: Where Should You Start With His Books?

• Complete Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews in Order + Q&A

• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Books by Laurell K. Hamilton In Order

• 15 Best Horror Authors: Dead and Alive

• Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson Series in Order

• Urban Fantasy Showcase: 100 Authors To Know and Their Works

• Kim Harrison: Rachel Morgan | Hollows Series Reading Order + Author Q&A

• If You Like Kim Harrison: 25 More Authors

• Top 20 Authors Who Write About Werewolves

• 30+ Black Authors for fans of Horror, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Fiction

• Tanya Huff: Complete Blood Ties / Blood Books Series

• If You Like Neil Gaiman: 25 More Authors

• Seanan McGuire Q&A + Complete Wayward Children Series List

• Complete RING series by Koji Suzuki: “I really dislike most horror writing.”

• Interview: R.F. Kuang on ‘Babel’: “I think it’s really right for an environment to form really close but flawed relationships.”

• 25+ Indian Authors Who Write Science Fiction, Horror, and Urban Fantasy

• Patricia Briggs Complete Alpha and Omega Series

• Stephen King: Debut novel 1974’s CARRIE was a failure—at first

• R.F. Kuang: Complete The Poppy War Series

• Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein Book Series In Order

• Complete Talisman series by Stephen King and Peter Straub

• Monster Complex Spotlight Authors

• Martha Wells Q&A: Complete The Murderbot Diaries

• Brandon Sanderson: Complete Mistborn Series

Check out our list of author interviews here

Top Monster Movies Posts 2024

• Complete List of Universal Monsters Movies (1923-1960)

• Top 13 Zombie Comedy Movies

• Dracula vs Van Helsing: Who’s the REAL Van Helsing?

• Happy Godzilla Day 2024—Toho celebrates the giant monster  

• Monster Mash: 13 Movies Where Frankenstein Meets Dracula Meets The Wolf Man

• Terror in Space: 16 Horror Movies Set In Outer Space

• Count Dracula: 13 Versions—From Dizzy to Daring

• King Kong 1933: How The Movie Was Made

• 26 Swamp Monsters from Movies, Myths, Comics, X-Files, more

• Frankenstein: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Complete list of Dracula movies from British studio Hammer

• Godzilla Monsters Ranked Weakest To Strongest [Video]

• 100 Best Horror Comedy Movies of All Time - Best Funny Scary Movies

• The Mummy: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Abbott and Costello vs. 13 Monsters—including Dracula, Mr. Hyde, and the Creature From the Black Lagoon

• Complete Gamera: Giant Monster Movies

• 13 Adaptations of H.G. Wells novel The Invisible Man (well, lots more than that…)

• How all 3 Cloverfield movies are connected (and wait—what about the 4th movie?)

• Top 31 Hilarious Vampire Comedy Movies (21-31)—including Dracula: Dead and Loving It

• Complete Mothra: Giant Monster Movies

• Cyberpunk? Exploring a dystopian future with “high tech and low life”

• Dracula: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Godzilla vs American version ‘Zilla’ (Hollywood’s 1998 version)

• Universal Monsters Movies: The Original Shared Cinematic Universe

• Flashback: Dracula (1931)

• Godzilla: Surprising facts—like when the Japanese studio said “That’s not Godzilla”

• Frankenstein's Monster: 13 Alternate Versions

• The Mummy: 15 Versions from Movies

• Wolf Man: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Top 31 Vampire Comedy Movies (1-10)—including What We Do in the Shadows

More of our articles about monster movies here

Top Monster Television Posts 2024

NOTE: We put all the high-ranking posts about The Munsters into their own list below. (We talk about The Munsters a lot.)

• The Supernatural Book Series in Order

• Count Dracula: 13 Versions—From Dizzy to Daring

• New Harry Potter TV Coming to HBO Max, Cartoon Network, TBS

• Flashback: SNL—The Devil on ‘People’s Court’ (Jon Lovitz) - 1986

• Multiverse Fiction: 22 Diverting Examples of Parallel Universe Stories

• 25 Iconic Robot TV Shows—including MST3K, Star Trek, Westworld, and more

• Frankenstein’s Monster: 13 Alternate Versions

• 26 Swamp Monsters from Myths, Comics, X-Files, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more

• Cyberpunk? Exploring a dystopian future with “high tech and low life”

• Top 7 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Episodes

• The X-Files Novels in Order

• 13 Adaptations of H.G. Wells novel The Invisible Man (well, lots more than that…)

• James Gunn: Creating CREATURE COMMANDOS “one of the absolute joys of my life.”

More of our articles about monsters showing up on TV here

Top Monster Music Posts 2024

• The Secrets Behind “Hotel California” by The Eagles

• Wait—The Munsters theme had LYRICS?

• SNL: 'Spooky Song' with Chance the Rapper

• MST3K’s Kaiju Song “Every Country Has a Monster”

• How “Total Eclipse of the Heart” turned out to be a vampire love song

• 27 Monster Musicals: From Addams Family and Spirited to Wicked and beyond

• Classic song “Superstition”—Stevie Wonder vs. Jeff Beck and what could have happened

• When ‘The Simpsons’ Turned ‘Planet of the Apes’ Into a Musical

• “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”—Blue Oyster Cult says it’s not what you think

• Beetlejuice on stage: Behind the Scenes on Broadway

• Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”—listen to 60 cover versions here! 

• John Barry’s “King Kong” score was responsible for this

• 21 Great Halloween Pop Songs

• Monster Mash Parody: Frankenstein’s Monster vs Psychotic Killers

• SNL: Stalking Santa Claus like an Eminem music video—“Getting this present is the only thing keeping me alive...”

• The Munsters: 9 Artistic Performance Episodes

More of our articles about music here

Top Monster Writing Posts 2024

• Writing Tips from 31 Horror Authors

• Why We Are Drawn to the Macabre: Horror Authors Panel Discussion

• Stephen King: Debut novel 1974’s CARRIE was a failure—at first

• Monster Authors: Where to Submit Your Short Fiction + Prompts

• How to Find Ideas: Horror Authors Panel Discussion

• Q&A: Tim Waggoner on Writing in the Dark: The Workbook: “Horror stimulates my imagination like nothing else.”

• Kenesha Williams on Non-POC Authors Writing POC Characters

• What’s The Scariest Thing You’ve Ever Written? A Panel Discussion with Horror Writers S.A. Barnes, Christopher Golden, and Anne Heltzel

• J.D. Blackrose Q&A on ‘Wish Magic’—“Combining pieces of what I know personally makes my writing more relatable.”

• Panel: Writing Horror in a Post-Covid World [Video]

• Joe Hill Tells You How To Write A Horror Novel

• Conversations on writing with Anne Rice, Stephen King, Umberto Eco, and more

More of our articles for authors writing about monsters

Top Universal Monsters Posts 2024

• Complete List of Universal Monsters Movies (1923-1960)

• The Mummy: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Universal Monsters Movies: The Original Shared Cinematic Universe

• CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON Retrospective

• Universal Classic Monsters: Debuts of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, and more

• Wolf Man: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Ranking the Universal Monster Movies

• Ep 05: 13 Movies With Universal Monsters

• Dark Corners Q&A: Universal’s Invisible Man—Horror’s Anti-Hero

• Dracula: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Celebrating the Universal Monsters with the love song “Children of the Night”

• Frankenstein: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Storied: The Golden Age of Movie Monsters—celebrating classic monster movies

• Universal Monster Land Coming to Orlando?

More of our articles about Universal Monsters here

Top Giant Monster Posts 2024

• The GODZILLA Issue: Godzilla, Kong, and Gamera Movies, Games, Cartoons, More

• How All 3 Cloverfield Films Are Connected (And wait—what about the 4th movie?)

• Happy Godzilla Day 2024—Toho celebrates the giant monster

• 27 Monster Musicals: From King Kong to Beauty and the Beast and more

• 25 Monsters Who Are Marvel Superheroes (including Godzilla)

• King Kong 1933: How The Movie Was Made

• Godzilla Monsters Ranked Weakest To Strongest [Video]

• 25 Iconic Robot TV Shows—including Giant Robot (and more)

• Godzilla vs American version ‘Zilla’ (Hollywood’s 1998 version)

• Complete Gamera: Giant Monster Movies

• Godzilla: Surprising facts—like when the Japanese studio said “That’s not Godzilla”

• Complete Mothra: Giant Monster Movies

• 16 King Kong innovative (sometimes surprising) books and comics

• MST3K’s Kaiju Song “Every Country Has a Monster”

• Flashback: GAMERA, THE GIANT MONSTER (1965)

• King Kong: 13 Alternate Versions

• Quiz: Did it Fight Godzilla, Gamera, or Kong?

More of our articles about Godzilla, Kong, and other giant monsters here

Top The Munsters Posts 2024

• The Munsters vs. Addams Family: What is the difference?

• The Munsters: 13 Secrets Every Fan Should Know

• Count Dracula: 13 Versions—From Dizzy to Daring (including Grandpa)

• Top 31 Hilarious Vampire Comedy Movies (21-31)—including The Munsters’ Revenge

• The Munsters: Why Did They Change Marilyn Munster?

• The Munsters in Color: 9 Examples Since 1964

• The Munsters: Why Is Eddie Munster A Werewolf?

• Wait—The Munsters theme had LYRICS?

• Frankenstein’s Monster: 13 Alternate Versions

• The Munsters: Is Herman Munster Really Frankenstein’s Monster? (Well…)

• 100 Best Horror Comedy Movies of All Time - Best Funny Scary Movies

• 6 Episodes Where Herman Munster Goes Out For Sports

• Was ‘The Munsters’ inspired by Marvel Comics? 13 surprising parallels

More of our articles about The Munsters here

Top Zombie Posts 2024

• The Zombie Issue: Isaac Marion, Justina Ireland, Zombie Comedy Movies, More!

• Top 13 Zombie Comedy Movies

• Zombie Q&A: Dana Fredsti (Ashley Parker Series)

• Little Monsters (2019): The zombie comedy where allergies are scarier than zombies (not a complaint)

• Zombies or vampires? Richard Matheson’s legendary novel I AM LEGEND is about both.

• Zombieland (2009): How a TV pilot became a blockbuster movie

• Zombie Interview: Isaac Marion (Warm Bodies Series)

• Anna and the Apocalypse: Go behind the scenes of the holiday zombie musical

• 70+ Zombie Book Series—from David Wellington, Justina Ireland, Diana Rowland, Manel Loureiro, and more!

• Army of Darkness (1993): How the zombie comedy went so far from its origins

• Zombie Q&A—Justina Ireland: “The things that scare people are always the most interesting to write about.”

• Making WELLINGTON PARANORMAL: Behind the Scenes

• Mira Grant AKA Seanan McGuire: Complete Newsflesh series + Interviews

• Jonathan Maberry: “Zombie stories are not about zombies”

• 27 Monster Musicals: Anna and the Apocalyse and Wicked and beyond

• Top 70 Horror Authors and Their Work (According to Google)

• Zombie Q&A—Mainak Dhar (Zombiestan)

• Return of the Living Dead: What idea did the zombie comedy movie invent?

• Night of the Living Trekkies—merging Roddenberry’s culture with Romero’s

• Zombie Q&A—Sylvester Barzey (Planet Dead)

• Shaun of the Dead (2004): How the zombie comedy borrowed a TV plot and became so much more

• Best Zombie Books: 50 Great Zombie Novels from Colson Whitehead, Seanan McGuire, Isaac Marion, more

More of our articles about zombie fiction (movies, books, and more) here

Top Vampire Posts 2024

• Complete List of Universal Monsters Movies (1923-1960)

• True Blood: Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse Books In Order

• 60+ Special Vampire Book Series—from Anne Rice, L.A. Banks, Charlaine Harris, more

• Count Dracula: 13 Versions—from dizzy to daring

• Top 31 Hilarious Vampire Comedy Movies (21-31)—including Dracula: Dead and Loving It

• Monster Mash: 13 Movies Where Frankenstein meets Dracula meets The Wolf Man

• Dracula: Complete Universal Monsters Movies

• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Books by Laurell K. Hamilton In Order

• Complete Vampire Diaries Books in Order

• Universal Monsters Movies: The Original Shared Cinematic Universe

• 100 Supernatural Detective Series

• Who WROTE the Vampire Diaries books? Don’t believe the name on the cover…

• ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Fans—16 Vampire Books You Should Check Out

• Dracula vs Van Helsing: Who’s the REAL Van Helsing?

• Top 31 Vampire Comedy Movies (1-10)—including What We Do in the Shadows

• Tanya Huff: Complete Blood Ties / Blood Books Series

• Top 7 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Episodes

• Complete list of Dracula movies from British studio Hammer

• Flashback: Dracula (1931)

• Abbott and Costello vs. 13 Monsters—including Dracula 

More articles about vampires in books and movies and stuff here

Top Sci-Fi Posts 2024

• 25 Iconic Robot TV Shows—including MST3K, Star Trek, Westworld, and more

• Frank Herbert’s Dune: Complete Dune Books in Publication Order

• Celebrating ROBOT MONSTER with a 3-D comic book anthology

• 14 Significant Sci-Fi Movies with Robots—From the Amazing to the Weird

• How All 3 Cloverfield Films Are Connected (And wait—what about the 4th movie?)

• Terror in Space: 16 Horror Movies Set In Outer Space

• Which alien would YOU hang out with? Looking at extraterrestrials from TV, movies, cartoons, and more

• 25 Monsters Who Are Marvel Superheroes

• Multiverse Fiction: 22 Diverting Examples of Parallel Universe Stories

• Cyberpunk? Exploring a dystopian future with “high tech and low life”

• 13 Adaptations of H.G. Wells novel The Invisible Man (well, lots more than that…)

• Martha Wells Q&A: Complete The Murderbot Diaries

• Celebrating Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot

More of our articles about science fiction books, movies, TV, comic books, and more

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