The Creature of Nightmare is a type of monster usually summoned from the deepest, darkest part of the human psyche. It comes to threaten the lives of the hero/herione.
The Creature of Nightmare may vary from person to person. For some it could be a clown.
or it could be something as simple as a spider.
Most of the time, the creature is a perversion or desecration of the human body
A example of a Creature of Nightmare from mythology/ legend would be the gargoyle, who is pictured above. They are usually found as statues on old medieval style buildings around europe.
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A good film character to show the Nightmare Archetype would be Freddy Kruger from A Nightmare on Elm Street
This is kind of old but I found not one but two creatures from nightmare.
The first one is Cyclopes, the kitten born with one eye.
You can read more about him here:snopes.com/photos/animals/cyclopes.asp
And then there is the winner of the worlds ugliest dog contest.
He can read about here: ugly dog
If that disturbed you here is something more enjoyable
