A Passionate Halloween: 50 Awesome Romantic Monsters in Love

Everyone wants love, even monsters. So, in celebration of Halloween this week, I decided to focus on romantic monsters from Film and Television who have fallen in love.

While there are metaphorical monsters I could include (Heathcliff, Mr. Rochester), for this list I want to focus solely on “monsters” that literally come from a place of classic horror.

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From Vampires to Ghosts, Witches, Beasts, Zombies, Aliens and Demons to a science experiment gone wrong, the monsters I’ve chosen are basically an amalgamation of the old horror monster and elements of the Byronic Hero (a few of these characters are in fact NOT Byronic though the influence remains) struggling with the beast within. Or at least finding an all-consuming passion of romantic love that humanizes them in the midst of either their villainy or “monstrous” situation.

Basically, these classic literary monsters have been modernized to have feelings, even love. Though in all fairness, Mary Shelley was ahead of the game!

(If you want to read more about romantic monsters and why we love them, read our blog post So You Love Vampires).

So without further ado, let’s get right to the list. There is no particular order here, just equal admiration for all these…

ROMANTIC MONSTERS.

#1 Edward Scissorhands

#2 Death

#3 Casper

#4 The Phantom of the Opera

#5 The Beast

#6 The Beast

#7 King Kong

#8 King Kong

#9 Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Content Note: This film is Rated R.

#10 Dracula

#11 Snape

#12 Vivian

#13 Bruce Banner

#14 Wolverine

#15 Beast

#16 Captain Daniel Gregg

#17 Hellboy

#18 Edward Cullen

#19 Marcus Wright

#20 The Monster

#21 Corpse Bride

#22  Luke

#23 Selene

Content Note: This film is Rated R.

#24 Mick St. John

#25 Spike

#26 Anya

#27 Davis Bloome/Doomsday

#28 Cole

#29 Max

#30 Michael

#31 R

#32 Angel

#33 Doyle

#34 Henry

#35 Tesla 

#36 John Druitt

#37 Bill Compton

Content Note: This TV Show is TV-MA.

#38 Eric Northman

Content Note: This TV Show is TV-MA.

#39 Anakin/Darth Vader

#40 Damon Salvatore

#41 Stefan Salvatore

#42 Klaus 

#43 Elijah

#44 Mitchell and Annie

#45 Monroe

#46 Vincent

#47 Vincent

#48 Imhotep

#49 The Great Mutato

#50 The Doctor

What is your favorite romantic monster? Did I leave any of your favorites off the list? Let me know in the comments below!

Featured image at top: Casper. Photo Credit: Fox

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