Gallery: The 15 Freakiest Mutants In Movies

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If nothing else, Chernobyl Diaries, the new horror flick co-produced and co-written by Paranormal Activity franchise creator Oren Peli, has a very interesting premise. Subverting the usual attractive-college-kids-get-killed-one-by-one conceit, or at least relocating it to a fresh setting, Chernobyl Diaries shows what happens when six tourists foolishly connect with an “extreme tour guide” who brings them to the city of Prypiat.

And why is Prypiat worthy of horror? It’s the former home to the workers affected by the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Ukraine. In the film’s universe, present-day Prypiat is deserted—well, except for the homicidal, mutated quasi-humans who make visitors’ live nightmarish.

So, yeah, Chernobyl Diaries is ultimately a variation of the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, though we’re guessing that it’ll be nowhere near as memorable. The most we can ask for, frankly, is that Chernobyl Diaries introduce us to some striking, hideously deformed antagonists, or at least ugly creeps who’d qualify for inclusion in our gallery of The 15 Freakiest Mutants In Movies.

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15. Regis Parton as the Mutant in This Island Earth (1955)

14. Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk in The Avengers (2012)

13. The overgrown, venomous shrews in The Killer Shrews (1959)

12. Michelan Sisti as Michaelangelo, Josh Pais as Raphael, Leif Tilden as Donatello, and David Forman as Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

11. Rebecca Romijn as Raven Darkholme/Mystique in X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

10. Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla (or Gojira) in Godzilla (1954)

9. Desmond Askew as Big Brain in The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

8. Kevin Peter Hall as Katahdin in Prophecy (1979)

7. J.W. Perra as Myron in Head of the Family (1996)

6. Michael Bailey Smith as Pluto in The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

5. Jeff Goldblum as the Brundlefly, previously known as Seth Brundle, in The Fly (1986)

4. Marshall Bell as Kuato in Total Recall (1990)

3. Paul McCrane as Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop (1987)

2. Mitch Cohen as The Toxic Avenger in The Toxic Avenger (1984)

1. Belial in Basket Case (1982)