On The Topic Of Monsters

I want to talk today about monsters. 

Monsters are very good at pretending that they're not monsters.

Why do you think every good horror story talks about the monsters being hidden, concealed away?

If you saw their true, hideous nature, people would run a mile. 

We want our monsters to be easily identified and constantly doing evil, the same way modern day slasher films depict them -- constantly wielding a knife or chainsaw, laughing maniacally as they pursue a waifish teenager running for her life. 

The reality is, that not all monsters are monsters all the time.