#monster

Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#back #battles #better #does #gaze

My most important task must be an attempt to bring the monster under democratic direction and control. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#bring #control #democratic #direction #important

I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters. ↗

— George A. Romero

#always #being #blue-collar #i #idea

I thought Godzilla was a mess, the monster had no character and the humans didn't either. They forgot to make the movie that went along with all these wonderful effects. ↗

— George A. Romero

#character #effects #either #forgot #godzilla

I think DOOM had just the right mix of elements that keep people coming back to it: great monsters, excellent weapons with great balance, a spooky environment and extreme speed. ↗

— John Romero

#balance #coming #doom #elements #environment

Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion. ↗

— John Malkovich

#fashion #hoops #like #monsters #out

Well, I think, I certainly used backward music in Sea of Monsters. I can't remember in the Sea of Time. I would tend to do that all the time, you know? I tended to do all sorts of weird things. Just to get effects. ↗

— George Martin

#certainly #effects #get #i #i think

When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab monsters in them, it really opened up a lot of things for me. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#ended #films #giant #had #i

Do not be so ridiculous, I can more easily find you someone else.” Gripping the bars of his prison so strongly that the bones of his knuckles showed prominently through his pale skin, the monster growled again, “I will have no other.” Nearing the end of his patience, Klaus demanded, “Why? Why are you being so impossible?” Turning to the diminutive creature beneath the blanket, he smiled nastily, his light red eyes gleaming, “Because he wants her. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#horror #love #monsters #romance #suspense

- the rusalka was kneeling beside Plain Kate on the deck. She was made of fog and shadow until Kate caught her eye, and then, all at once, she became human. She was young, mischievously sad, a fox in a story. Kate fell in love with her. And then she was gone. ↗

— Erin Bow

#ghost #monster #water-spirit #love