HINTS:
1. It's just words with the middles cut out.
1a. The sentences are grammatical and proper names are capitalized
2. Each line describes something thematically related. Look at the title...
2a. ... It's monsters - from a wide variety of mythologies, though not too obscure.
3. The letters in parentheses at the end are numbers
3a. ... to index into the answers.
3b. ... capitalized numbers clue capitalized letters in the final answer clue.
4. Take the indexed letters and solve them like the rest of the clues.
5. However, the answer does not match the theme.
SOLUTION:
The answers are:
- Blood-sucking undead. Usually killed with a wooden stake through the heart. ⇒ Vampire
- Took over Erebor, the lonely mountain, and destroyed Dale. Later, Bilbo Baggins woke him up. ⇒ Smaug
- A Great Old One, has a tentacled head and grotesque, scaly body. If awoken, will rise from R'lyeh and destroy the world. ⇒ Cthulu
- Terrorized the mead hall Herot, until Beowulf ripped its arms off. ⇒ Grendel
- Spider guardian of Cirith Ungol. Wounded by Sam with Sting. ⇒ Shelob
- "It's alive!" Brought to life in a lightening storm by the Doctor. ⇒ Frankenstein's monster
- Head of a lion, body of a goat, tail of a serpent. Bellerophon and Pegasus slew it. ⇒ Chimera
- Three headed dog who guards the gates of Hades. ⇒ Cerberus
- Ape that climbed the Empire State building. ⇒ King Kong
- Haunts dreams on Elm. Kills with his razor claws. ⇒ Freddy Krueger
- Part man, part wolf. Changes under a full moon. ⇒ Werewolf
- Ruler of the Pits of Angband. Stole the Silmarils from Valinor. ⇒ Morgoth
- "The jaws that bite, the claws that catch." The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! ⇒ Jabberwock
- Giant lizard with nuclear fire breath. King of the Monsters. Likes to destroy Tokyo. ⇒ Godzilla
- One eyed giant who captured Odysseus and his crew. Odysseus blinded him to escape. ⇒ Polyphemus
- Many headed reptile, lived in the swamp of Lerna. Hercules' second task was to kill it. ⇒ Hydra
After getting the monsters, take the Nth letter to get the phrase Va ln of Ce
of Wm ad My
Which isn't monster related, but clues a word with (using the same
missing middles thing) "Virginia location of College of William and
Mary."