10 Great Movies about Outsiders

A while back I wrote an article where I argued that most monster movies actually show the true monsters are normal people. I expanded that idea in a recent presentation to talk about any stories that create a "monster dynamic" -- stories which describe a community and contrast them against a person they all reject. …

Who’s the Real Monster Here?

When you watch a movie with a monster in it (be it King Kong, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, or even the Beast in Beauty and the Beast), you assume that character is the true monster in the story. In a recent article for the Odyssey, I analyze some classic monster movies and explain why that …