Hey, I'm new... in fact I'm mostly here on official... well not really official... more like non-official if anything business. ;)
I'm doing a research paper for my English 102 course on the evolution of the horror monster/creature in film & possibly comics... but mostly film. I noticed that in spite of changes in Western culture over the past 100 years, the things that frighten us haven't changed much at all.

What I'm looking for is possibly observations on such a topic by hardcore fans such as yourselves or better yet, a response from amateur film makers as far as what they base their horror creatures on.

Is it because the groundwork was laid out so many years ago and it just seems more natural to borrow from it? Or is there a deeper psychological reasoning behind it. I have my theories, now I want to know what the experts think.

<3 Mel

PS. Would I get a response faster if I noted that I am a 20 yr old femme in pigtails... or that my paper is due tomorrow? ;)