The Monster and the Girl is a 1941 American black-and-white horror film directed by Stuart Heisler and released by Paramount Pictures.

The film revolves around a small-town church organist named Scott Webster (Philip Terry) attempting to save his sister, Susan (Ellen Drew) from the clutches of big city gangster W. S. Bruhl (Paul Lukas).

[4] The review added that Ellen Drew "depicts stark terror so realistically that I feel she is scheduled to slip into the boot of Fay Wray".

[4] Variety called the film "a chiller-diller that will send fans of goose-pimply melodrama from the theaters amply satisfied" and "red meat of the bugaboo ticket buyers".

[4] From retrospective reviews, Craig Butler of AllMovie declared the film as "definitely one of the strangest pictures ever made", that was still "fairly effective and entertaining little "B" flick—and not one that gets by just on camp value",[5] noting that the story’s plot points were ridiculous, but "has some very interesting points, including a mixture of noir and horror which, while not totally successful, offers some rewards" and that "the cast is also much better than one usually finds in horror films of this type".