Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears and are thus inherently incredibly interesting and powerful.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own.
The best monsters are our anxieties given form. They make sense on the level of a dream - or a nightmare.
In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it is learning about them: it is both thrill and safety. You can think of them without being desperately afraid because they are not going to come into your living room and eat you. That is 'Jaws.'
There's monsters in all of us, but there's also vulnerability.
I seem to be the most wordy when it comes to monsters because I'm a bit of a monster freak.
I do believe that there are monsters out there - and that they are monsters.
Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally.
We create monsters and then we can't control them.
Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion.
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.