Castlevania: The 10 Scariest Monsters Of The Franchise, Ranked By Their Design – TheGamer

The Castlevania franchise features some of the best-designed monsters ever seen in gaming as a whole. Today, we're ranking the ten scariest of them.

Castlevania is one of the oldest and most recognized horror adventure franchises in video game history, and it's gone on to spawn multiple sequels and an animated Netflix series. The game draws heavily on Christian folklore and Greek mythology as a basis for the monsters it has created throughout the years.

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While the hordes of Hell are all dangerous tools wielded by Count Dracula, some are far more horrific and scary than others. Here's a list of 10 that can give anyone heart palpitations and night terrors!

Medusa Heads were a continuous nuisance in many Castlevania titles leading up to the PlayStation 2 release of Lament of Innocence. Here, the game's 3D format switched things up quite a lot, including Medusa, herself.

Now a Boss, Medusa's disembodied head was a pure nightmare to behold, complete with piercing stone-gaze eyes, fangs, and animated snakes. The creature would also interact with the player as well, fleshing out an otherwise standard villain that had suddenly grown to immense proportions.

The Evil Butcher might have taken its visual cues from the classic 1985 Ridley Scott film Legend. It's a hulking, troll-like mass of pure malevolence that serves as a cook in Bernhard Castle.

While dumb as a rock, the Butcher is incredibly powerful, attacking with a large cleaver as its main weapon. It also throws various kitchen items at the player. Visually, it's a frightening monster to behold.

No other boss in Symphony of the Night is as memorable or horrific as Legion. This parasitic life form hides inside a cocoon of mangled corpses that have been fused together in a round shell.

Striking the outer shell causes the screaming corpses to fall to the ground, revealing more of the creature within. Once threatened, it will fire energy beams at the player in an attempt to kill them. It's the living embodiment of a nightmare.

While the true Cerberus is a three-headed hound, the Bloodlines variant takes only the name, while retaining a traditional single-headed design. Nevertheless, this grotesque canine is no less frightening.

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Its snarling head is attached to a mangled body with rotted hindquarters. Its most frighteningtraitis a piercing scream that is capable of shattering glass, and it breathes fire to boot. Don't pet this doggy!

This gigantic monster is a culmination of various demons fused together into one large, bloodied bipedal mass. At the center is the evil Dmitrii Vlinov, a dark lord candidate who couldn't control the demons he had summoned.

The very thought of a jumbled mass of demons forming one gigantic, murderous machine is enough to give anyone the willies. It remains of the most intimidating foes in the Castlevania franchise.

Try not to think of the Hall & Oates song whilst gazing upon this Castlevania horror. The Man Eater is a horrific creature consisting of a large insect that has made a home inside a collection of evil skulls.

The creature made its first appearance in Super Castlevania IV for the Super NES, but it took on a far more monstrous appearance in Order of Ecclesia. Encounter this baddie in real life, and anyone would flee in terror.

The Lord of the Flies made a repugnant appearance in Symphony of the Night as a major boss in the inverted castle. Hanging from various meat hooks, this demon inhabited a gigantic rotting corpse that could command various large flies to attack the player.

Striking various parts of Beelzebub's body will cause them to fall off in grotesque fashion, but many players prefer to strike its head with the axe sub-weapon. Whatever the strategy, this monster is one of the most frightening in Castlevania lore.

This monstrous creature resembles a gigantic horned demon that has been chained up and suspended with meat hooks. Its body has been skinned, revealing its maggot-infested internals and bones.

It's widely regarded as the hardest boss in the game, and its monstrous roar and deadly attacks are sure to give players reason for pause. One wonders how dangerous the Forgotten One would truly be at the peak of its unchained power.

The Giant Ghost has made many appearances throughout the Castlevania franchise, most notably as a flaming blue skull with red eyes in Symphony of the Night.Its most frightening form came courtesy of the Dracula X Chronicles on PSP.

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This particular version was a remodel of the original three-eyed Ghost from Rondo of Blood, sporting several pairs of fangs and three menacing eyes capable of inducing panic in just about anyone. Thankfully, it's not the strongest enemy in the game.

Dracula's true power is hidden beneath his humanoid form, but once unleashed, it can take on several extremely scary appearances. The most intimidating is undoubtedly his appearance in Rondo of Blood for the PC-Engine CD, and the opening prologue of Symphony of the Night.

This horned blue demon was capable of shooting fireballs in different arcs and stomping on the player. It was far more dangerous as a final Boss in Rondo of Blood, with much faster movements and more devastating attacks. The difficulty would be toned down in Symphony of the Night to maintain the story-based approach of the prologue scene.

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