The bad monster fostered the insanity and killing instincts-the value of the killer eventually becoming a monster was maybe more than the value of potential human victims? So the bodies were kinda like feeding a large predator small animals in hopes of eventually harvesting the larger, more rare predator rather than limited harvests of the smaller animals. The killer had attached himself to the usual monster that was not interested in humanity but rather the more extreme perversions of it. The ultimate hope appeared to be to create more monsters, which required both a sensitive human and one twisted enough to be a metaphorical monster in order to turn into a real monster. I can't remember if it was like an adult Monsters Inc, but I figured that the monsters typically liked to season their eventual sacrifices with as much twisted emotion as they could. I had the idea that the monster dimensions required the suffering of humanity as a fuel. That's based on the fact that not only were the sisters eventually rescued, but the older sister was significantly older physically, as she would have been in real life if she'd never disappeared. I believe that all the Sequences were real in that they were happening, though largely in whatever type of dimension the monsters were acting in. Since I don't remember all the details, I'll give my impressions on a couple things based on admittedly foggy recollections. Other Subreddits that might interest you:īeen a while for me as well. Horror Award Nominees & Winners, 1975-2013 R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST NON-SUPERNATURAL HORROR NOVELS OF ALL TIME!!! R/horrorlit's TOP 10 GREATEST HORROR SHORT STORIES OF ALL TIME!!!

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A cosmology of monsters