# Monster (disambiguation)

A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion.
Monster, The Monster or Monsters may also refer to:

## Amusement rides

* Monster (ride), an amusement ride manufactured by Eyerly Aircraft Company
* The Monster (Walygator Parc), a roller coaster in Maizières-les-Metz, Lorraine, France
* The Monster (Adventureland), a roller coaster in Altoona, Iowa, United States
* Monster (Gröna Lund), a roller coaster at Gröna Lund in Stockholm, Sweden

## Brands and companies

* Monster Beverage, a beverage company
** Monster Energy, an energy drink
* Monster Cable, an electronics accessories company
* Monster.com, an employment website
** Monster Worldwide, an American provider of employment services

## Film and television
### Film

* The Monster (1903 film), a French horror film
* The Monster (1925 film), an American horror film
* The Monster (1954 film), an Egyptian crime film
* The Monster (1975 film). a British horror film, also known as I Don't Want to Be Born
* Monster (1980 film), an American horror film
* The Monster (1994 film), an Italian comedy film
* Monsters, Inc., a 2001 Pixar film that involves two monsters who work at a children's scream processing factory
* Monster (2003 film), an American biographical crime drama film about serial killer Aileen Wuornos
* Monsters (2004 film), a short film
* Monster (2008 film), an American thriller film
* Monsters (2010 film), a British sci-fi film
* Monster (2014 film), a Korean film
* Monsters (2015 film), a Chinese horror film
* The Monster (2016 film), an American horror film
* Monster (2018 film), an American drama film based on the Walter Dean Myers novel
* Monster (2019 film), a Tamil-language comedy film
* Monsters., a 2019 Romanian drama film
* Arracht, also called Monster, 2019 Irish historical drama film
* Monster (2022 film), a Malayalam-language thriller film
* Monster (2023 Japanese film), a Japanese drama film
* Monster (2023 Indonesian film), an Indonesian thriller film
* Monster!, a 1999 TV film by John Lafia
* Monster, a 2005 short film by Jennifer Kent that was the precursor to The Babadook
* Monsters, a 2014 comedy video by Lee Evans

### Television

* Monsters HD, an American channel
* Monsters (American TV series), a 1988–1991 America horror anthology television series that aired in syndication
* Monster (anime), a 2004 Japanese anime television series based upon the manga by Naoki Urasawa
* Monsters (Japanese TV series), a 2012 Japanese television series from TBS
* Monster (South Korean TV series), a 2016 South Korean television series
* The Monster (TV series), a 2019 Iranian series by Mehran Modiri
* Beyond Evil (TV series), a 2021 South Korean drama whose original title in Korean translates to Monster
* Monster (American TV series), a Netflix crime anthology series:
** Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the first season (2022)
** Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the second season (2024)

#### Episodes

* "The Monster" (Adventure Time)
* "Monsters" (Agent Carter)
* "Monster" (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
* "Monster" (Fear the Walking Dead)
* "Monster" (The Flash)
* "The Monster" (Highway to Heaven)
* "Monster" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
* "Monster" (Millennium)
* "Monsters" (Roswell)
* "Monster" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
* "Monster" (The Outer Limits)
* "Monsters" (The Walking Dead)

## Literature
### Fiction

* The Monster (novella), a 1898 novella by Stephen Crane
* The Monster, a 1913 novel by Edgar Saltus
* The Monster, a 1921 novel by Horace Bleackley
* Heu-Heu; or, The Monster, a 1924 novel by H. Rider Haggard
* The Monster, a 1925 novel by Eden Phillpotts
* The Monsters, a 1934 novel by Lester Dent, the 14th installment in the Doc Savage series first published in Doc Savage Magazine
* "The Monster" (short story), a 1948 short story by A.E. Van Vogt
* The Monster, a 1949 novella by Edmond Hamilton, under the house name "S. M. Tenneshaw"
* "Monster", a 1951 short story by Joseph Samachson
* Monsters (collection), a 1965 collection of short stories by A.E. van Vogt
* The Monster (Albanian: Përbindëshi), a 1965 novel by Ismail Kadare
* The Monster, a 1968 play by Ron Milner
* Monster: A Tale of Loch Ness, a 1982 novel by Jeffrey Konvitz
* Monsters (anthology), a 1988 anthology of science fiction short stories
* Monsters, a 1989 picture book written by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Quentin Blake
* Monster, a 1992 novel by Christopher Pike
* Monster (Kellerman novel), a 1999 novel by Jonathan Kellerman
* Monster (Myers novel), a 1999 novel by Walter Dean Myers
* Monster (Peretti novel), a 2005 novel by Frank Peretti
* Monster, a 2009 novel by A. Lee Martinez
* "Monster", a 2011 short story by Jeff Carlson, featured in the collection Long Eyes and Other Stories

### Non-fiction

* Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member, a 1993 memoir by Sanyika Shakur
* Monster: Living Off the Big Screen, a 1997 book by John Gregory Dunne
* Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women, a 2008 history book by Simon Sebag Montefiore

### Comics

* "The Monsters!", a comic story featured in Shock SuspenStories #1 (February-March 1952), written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein
* "The Monster", a comic story featured in House of Secrets #96 (February-March 1972), written by Jack Oleck
* "The Monster", a comic story featured in Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion #10 (March-April 1973), also written by Oleck
* "The Monster!", a comic story featured in The Incredible Hulk #250 (August 1980), written by Bill Mantlo
* Monster (comics), a 1984–1985 British comic strip by Alan Moore, Alberto Giolitti, John Wagner and Alan Grant, and Jesus Redondo
* "Monster", a comic story featured in The Incredible Hulk #312 (October 1985), also written by Mantlo
* Monsters (manga), a 1994 one-shot manga by Eiichiro Oda
* Monster (manga), a 1994–2001 manga series by Naoki Urasawa

## Games

* Monster (Dungeons & Dragons), a term used to refer to a variety of creatures in the game
* Monster (computer gaming), a type of non-player character
* Monsters, a clone of the arcade game Space Panic

## Music
### Musicians and bands

* Monster (musician)
* Monster (band)
* The Monsters, Swiss Psychobilly band led by Reverend Beat-Man

### Albums

* Monster (B'z album)
* Monsters (D'espairsRay album)
* Monster (Fetchin Bones album)
* Monster (Herbie Hancock album)
* Monster (Hugh Cornwell album)
* Monster (Killer Mike album)
* Monster (Kiss album)
* Monsters (Meat Puppets album)
* Monsters (The Midnight album)
* Monsters (Tom Odell album)
* Monster (Oomph! album)
* Monster (R.E.M. album)
* Monster (Steppenwolf album)
* Monster (David Thomas album)
* Monster (Usher album)
* Monster (EP), by Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi
* Monster (mixtape), by Future
* Monster, a 2013 album by Noyz Narcos
* Monster, a cancelled album by P-Model

### Songs

* "Monster" (Arashi song)
* "Monster" (The Automatic song)
* "Monster" (Big Bang song)
* "Monster" (Disturbed song)
* "Monster" (Disney song), song from the musical adaptation of Frozen
* "Monster" (Exo song)
* "Monster" (Gabbie Hanna song)
* "Monster" (Imagine Dragons song)
* "Monster" (Kanye West song)
* "Monster" (L7 song)
* "Monster" (Lady Gaga song)
* "Monster" (Meek Mill song)
* "Monster" (Meg & Dia song)
* "Monster" (Michael Jackson song)
* "Monster" (Paramore song)
* "Monster" (Pink Lady song)
* "Monster" (Professor Green song)
* "Monster" (Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi song)
* "Monster" (Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber song)
* "Monster" (Skillet song)
* "Monster" (Starset song)
* "Monster" (Steppenwolf song)
* "Monster" (Yoasobi song)
* "Monster" (21 Savage song)
* "The Monster" (song), a song by Eminem featuring Rihanna
* "Monsters" (All Time Low song)
* "Monsters" (Eric Church song)
* "Monsters" (Funeral for a Friend song)
* "Monsters" (James Blunt song)
* "Monsters" (Saara Aalto song)
* "Monsters" (Shinedown song)
* "Monster", a song by Dev (singer)
* "Monster", a song by Dodie Clark from Human
* "Monster", a song by Fred Schneider from the album Fred Schneider and the Shake Society
* "MONSTER", a song by KIRA ft. Megpoid (English)
* "Monster", a song by Kris Allen from the 2012 album Thank You Camellia
* "Monster", a song by LUM!X and Gabry Ponte
* "Monsters", a song by Blue Öyster Cult from the album Cultösaurus Erectus
* "Monsters", a song by Matchbook Romance from the album Voices
* "Monsters", a song by Something for Kate from the 2001 album Echolalia
* "Monsters", a song by Timeflies ft. Katie Sky

## People

* Rob Monster (born 1966 or 1967), American technology executive
* Dick Radatz (1937–2005), American baseball pitcher nicknamed "The Monster"
* Sanyika Shakur (1963–2021), American author and gang member with the street moniker "Monster"
* Nobuhiro Tajima (born 1950), Japanese rally driver nicknamed "Monster"
* Naoya Inoue (born 1993), Japanese two-time undisputed world boxing champion nicknamed "Kaibutsu" (the Monster)

## Science and mathematics

* Monster (physics)
* Monster group, a large but finite algebraic structure in mathematical group theory
* Spiegelman Monster, an RNA chain

## Other uses

* Monster, South Holland, a town in the Netherlands
* Ducati Monster, a motorcycle
* Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster, a self-propelled gun
* IT (XM) or Monster, a radio program
* Chinese cutter Nansha (more commonly known as Haijing 5901 or CCG-5901), Chinese Coast Guard ship nicknamed "The Monster" by Filipino media