Iconic Quote
“What the hell are you?”
— The Predator, Predator
What Makes Them Great
The Predator is the monster who hunts the hunters — an alien sportsman whose code of honor makes him more than a mindless threat. The cloaking effect, the thermal vision, and the mandible face are among the most iconic creature designs in cinema.
The Villain
The Predator is the most respected movie monster in action cinema — an alien hunter who travels to Earth for sport, equipped with cloaking technology, thermal vision, and a code of honor that makes it spare unarmed targets. Kevin Peter Hall's physicality inside the suit, combined with Stan Winston's iconic mandible design, created a creature that felt like a genuine alien intelligence rather than a mindless animal.
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