Zombies, as mentioned in my last blog post are everywhere in popular culture and we can learn a lot from studying them and their monstrous siblings - werewolves, vampires, aliens, ghosts and the like.
Traditionally, when we speak about things that are monstrous, we're referring to someone or something (some act) that is morally reprehensible, or culturally or socially unacceptable. Serial killers, although they’re real-life, living and breathing human beings, are often called 'monsters'.
Monsters and monstrosity have been relied on in the past as a way to define the boundaries of humanity and human nature. They also provide an explanation for what is inexplicable or a justification for what would otherwise be horrendous and unspeakable.
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