Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own. ↗
I had no special effects, no monsters running around, nothing blew up; those things are all things I've done so many times that they lose their allure after a while. ↗
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ↗