What kept you awake all night under the covers with a flashlight when you were a kid? Were you scared of Dracula's bite, or the Wicked Witch's evil cackle? The most terrifying monsters aren't the ones created with modeling clay or computer-generated-imaging special effects – the scariest are the ones most like us, the ones who remind us that there is a little monster in all of us.
For Halloween Legacy.com pitted the classic creeps of the silver screen against each other in a battle to find out which one still has the power to chill you to the bone! The votes are in, the people have spoken and decided who – or what – is the most monstrous of all time.
And the winner is...
Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 classic Frankenstein directed by James Whale
Check out these stories and quizzes about legendary horror icons and have a happy Halloween!
Quiz: Kings and Queens of Horror
Photos: Movie Villains
Legends: Alfred Hitchcock
Legends: Vincent Price
Legends: Janet Leigh
Anthony Perkins: American Psycho