Were RE1 monsters based on classic movie monsters?

Maybe I'm goign to be posting something that's been known for years, but I can't help notice that all of the monsters in RE1 are based on some classic movie monster.

Zombie: Dead series, Zombi, countless other films
Cerberus: Cujo
Hunter: The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Crow: The Birds
Giant Spider: Some black and white monster film that I forgot the name of
Chimera: The Fly
Giant Snake: Conan the Barbarian (not horror)
Neptune: Jaws
Tyrant: Frankenstein

Has anyone else noticed this? In following games, the creatures were not derivative at all for the most part, but I think in the first one, there was an attempt to tie them back to classic movie monsters.

Aside from the chimera, none of those creatures are original at all. Maybe the hunters, slightly. But to say they are based on old movies is kind of reaching. I'd say they are almost all just based on creatures we normally fear.

You mean like what certain people could have a phobia of? That would be pretty cool as that could make a game with a mutated version of what you're already afraid of in it even scarier then it's already suppose to be.

I never thought of it like that. Nice resemblance indeed.

About the movie with a giant spider, might you be talking about Tarantula?

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

You mean like what certain people could have a phobia of? That would be pretty cool as that could make a game with a mutated version of what you're already afraid of in it even scarier then it's already suppose to be.

That is really horrible. Let see, I'm afraid of giant cockroaches and giant centipedes, I remembered seeing them on RE: Outbreak File#2 The cockroaches.

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

You mean like what certain people could have a phobia of? That would be pretty cool as that could make a game with a mutated version of what you're already afraid of in it even scarier then it's already suppose to be.

That is really horrible. Let see, I'm afraid of giant cockroaches and giant centipedes, I remembered seeing them on RE: Outbreak File#2 The cockroaches.

Don't forget Centurion in Zer0

Mass Distraction wrote:

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

You mean like what certain people could have a phobia of? That would be pretty cool as that could make a game with a mutated version of what you're already afraid of in it even scarier then it's already suppose to be.

That is really horrible. Let see, I'm afraid of giant cockroaches and giant centipedes, I remembered seeing them on RE: Outbreak File#2 The cockroaches.

Don't forget Centurion in Zer0

WTF! Now I remembered! I'm really afraid of this one! The Centurion :/

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

That is really horrible. Let see, I'm afraid of giant cockroaches and giant centipedes, I remembered seeing them on RE: Outbreak File#2 The cockroaches.

Then thats what makes a good horror game. lol

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

You mean like what certain people could have a phobia of? That would be pretty cool as that could make a game with a mutated version of what you're already afraid of in it even scarier then it's already suppose to be.

That is really horrible. Let see, I'm afraid of giant cockroaches and giant centipedes, I remembered seeing them on RE: Outbreak File#2 The cockroaches.

You mean in the stage where you wander around in the subway? I can't quite remember its' title at the moment but those were giant mutated fleas that doubled in size if they stayed clamped onto you long enough and sucked enough of your blood. I can't remember any cockroaches in RE: Outbreak File#2.

And as for Centurion, I disliked those, and they disliked me. It was a horrible love/hate relationship we had. I would win some, and they would almost win others. I just knew once I entered a certain area to have Billy at the ready with the shotgun.

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

You mean like what certain people could have a phobia of? That would be pretty cool as that could make a game with a mutated version of what you're already afraid of in it even scarier then it's already suppose to be.

That is really horrible. Let see, I'm afraid of giant cockroaches and giant centipedes, I remembered seeing them on RE: Outbreak File#2 The cockroaches.

You mean in the stage where you wander around in the subway? I can't quite remember its' title at the moment but those were giant mutated fleas that doubled in size if they stayed clamped onto you long enough and sucked enough of your blood. I can't remember any cockroaches in RE: Outbreak File#2.

And as for Centurion, I disliked those, and they disliked me. It was a horrible love/hate relationship we had. I would win some, and they would almost win others. I just knew once I entered a certain area to have Billy at the ready with the shotgun.

Gigabite =P and I think the smaller ones were called megabites, anyone remember the movie arachnophobia? Every time I get to the black tiger in REmake I think of that movie. I think the design team could have being Mikami though said that Romero's old zombie films so night and dawn were inspiration for the zombies in the original resident evil as for the other enemies again its being said their based on peoples fears like spiders as an example.

DXP wrote:

anyone remember the movie arachnophobia?

That's one awesome movie, definitely one of my favorites.

Not bo be confused with Arachnid, which is a completely different movie. Sometimes people tend to mix those movie names.

That centurion, doesn't look cute. :S

I hate monsters like that, i HATE CENTIPEDES.

The only thing that has ever frightened me about RE so far is the bees in the original/remake.

And that's mainly just because I have a fear of bees.

Althought its mainly just a serious HATRED of the wretched little things

Valentine Fan wrote:

The only thing that has ever frightened me about RE so far is the bees in the original/remake.

And that's mainly just because I have a fear of bees.

Althought its mainly just a serious HATRED of the wretched little things

Oooh. Then you would LOVE to fight the Queen Bee in Dead Aim

DXP wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

You mean like what certain people could have a phobia of? That would be pretty cool as that could make a game with a mutated version of what you're already afraid of in it even scarier then it's already suppose to be.

That is really horrible. Let see, I'm afraid of giant cockroaches and giant centipedes, I remembered seeing them on RE: Outbreak File#2 The cockroaches.

You mean in the stage where you wander around in the subway? I can't quite remember its' title at the moment but those were giant mutated fleas that doubled in size if they stayed clamped onto you long enough and sucked enough of your blood. I can't remember any cockroaches in RE: Outbreak File#2.

And as for Centurion, I disliked those, and they disliked me. It was a horrible love/hate relationship we had. I would win some, and they would almost win others. I just knew once I entered a certain area to have Billy at the ready with the shotgun.

Gigabite =P and I think the smaller ones were called megabites, anyone remember the movie arachnophobia? Every time I get to the black tiger in REmake I think of that movie. I think the design team could have being Mikami though said that Romero's old zombie films so night and dawn were inspiration for the zombies in the original resident evil as for the other enemies again its being said their based on peoples fears like spiders as an example.

Arachnophobia did come to mind, but I didn't mention it because those spiders were normal-sized.

Monster Mash wrote:

Zombie: Dead series, Zombi, countless other films

Way to half-ass it.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Oooh. Then you would LOVE to fight the Queen Bee in Dead Aim

Wait a minute, who is the "Queen Bee in Dead Aim"? Is that the thing you have to kill in the laboratory area, almost right before you get that one special BOW gun thing if I recall correctly...?

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Oooh. Then you would LOVE to fight the Queen Bee in Dead Aim

Wait a minute, who is the "Queen Bee in Dead Aim"? Is that the thing you have to kill in the laboratory area, almost right before you get that one special BOW gun thing if I recall correctly...?

Indeed. The giant bee looking thing surrounded by smaller bees.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Oooh. Then you would LOVE to fight the Queen Bee in Dead Aim

Wait a minute, who is the "Queen Bee in Dead Aim"? Is that the thing you have to kill in the laboratory area, almost right before you get that one special BOW gun thing if I recall correctly...?

Indeed. The giant bee looking thing surrounded by smaller bees.

TBH I thought it looked more like a different insect, not a Bee, which was why I was confused. But that was so brief, and the enemy was so ambiguous looking, I doubt anybody with a legit Bee phobia would've had any problems with that part.

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Oooh. Then you would LOVE to fight the Queen Bee in Dead Aim

Wait a minute, who is the "Queen Bee in Dead Aim"? Is that the thing you have to kill in the laboratory area, almost right before you get that one special BOW gun thing if I recall correctly...?

Indeed. The giant bee looking thing surrounded by smaller bees.

TBH I thought it looked more like a different insect, not a Bee, which was why I was confused. But that was so brief, and the enemy was so ambiguous looking, I doubt anybody with a legit Bee phobia would've had any problems with that part.

But weren't there those smaller bees flying around? I thought they were really similar to those seen in the original.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Oooh. Then you would LOVE to fight the Queen Bee in Dead Aim

Wait a minute, who is the "Queen Bee in Dead Aim"? Is that the thing you have to kill in the laboratory area, almost right before you get that one special BOW gun thing if I recall correctly...?

Indeed. The giant bee looking thing surrounded by smaller bees.

TBH I thought it looked more like a different insect, not a Bee, which was why I was confused. But that was so brief, and the enemy was so ambiguous looking, I doubt anybody with a legit Bee phobia would've had any problems with that part.

But weren't there those smaller bees flying around? I thought they were really similar to those seen in the original.

Hmmm...it's possible. I haven't played it for awhile, and am going purely on memory. That part is a tad vague for me. You could be right though.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Valentine Fan wrote:

The only thing that has ever frightened me about RE so far is the bees in the original/remake.

And that's mainly just because I have a fear of bees.

Althought its mainly just a serious HATRED of the wretched little things

Oooh. Then you would LOVE to fight the Queen Bee in Dead Aim

Jesus, there's a freakin' queen?

I'm gonna pump so many freakin rounds into that thing whenever I decide to pick up Dead Aim

DXP wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

Miss Claire Redfield wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

You mean like what certain people could have a phobia of? That would be pretty cool as that could make a game with a mutated version of what you're already afraid of in it even scarier then it's already suppose to be.

That is really horrible. Let see, I'm afraid of giant cockroaches and giant centipedes, I remembered seeing them on RE: Outbreak File#2 The cockroaches.

You mean in the stage where you wander around in the subway? I can't quite remember its' title at the moment but those were giant mutated fleas that doubled in size if they stayed clamped onto you long enough and sucked enough of your blood. I can't remember any cockroaches in RE: Outbreak File#2.

And as for Centurion, I disliked those, and they disliked me. It was a horrible love/hate relationship we had. I would win some, and they would almost win others. I just knew once I entered a certain area to have Billy at the ready with the shotgun.

Gigabite =P and I think the smaller ones were called megabites, anyone remember the movie arachnophobia? Every time I get to the black tiger in REmake I think of that movie. I think the design team could have being Mikami though said that Romero's old zombie films so night and dawn were inspiration for the zombies in the original resident evil as for the other enemies again its being said their based on peoples fears like spiders as an example.

Arachnophobia was an awesome movie. You are referring to the one where the spider hitchhiked to America by way of the dead man's coffin, correct? And then bred with a common house spider.

Eight-Legged Freaks is a humorous take on giant spiders also.

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

Eight-Legged Freaks is a humorous take on giant spiders also.

How could I have forgotten that one? It was one of my favorite movies alongside Evolution when I was a kid.

Mass Distraction wrote:

DeadlyGenetics wrote:

Eight-Legged Freaks is a humorous take on giant spiders also.

How could I have forgotten that one? It was one of my favorite movies alongside Evolution when I was a kid.

Yeah Mass, how could you forget that one? The spiders actually make noises as they get dragged around and killed! lol