For the love of monsters

Throughout all of human history, humans have been creating and believing in monsters and demons. We fill the night with tales of witches and werewolves, of ghosts and gremlins, and these stories don't just scare us, they fascinate us. The human species seems to have a fascination with fear; in such cases as roller coasters and watching horror films that give us nightmares. We may at times run from the things we fear, but we also seem to search out the things that scare us. But why?

I am one of the many who have a love for the 'creatures of the night'. The monsters we have created and are popularized by our cultures, the monsters that represent fear, death, and even love. In this blog I will talk about monsters old and new, their history, and why we love the things we fear. I'd also like to talk about monster pop culture, with emphasis on the four most popular monsters at the current time; werewolves, witches, vampires and zombies.

As I write more and more in this blog I hope to learn more about monsters and even the human psyche, and hopefully anyone who reads this will enjoy and even learn something about monsters.