Response to Cohen’s Monster Theory

While reading Cohen’s Monster Theory, Thesis II really stood out to me. In this thesis, Cohen talks about how the monster never dies. They will either show up a different outfit, have a different sexuality, or appear in some other way shape or form. This stood out to me because it is something that I can relate to in almost every horror movie in the history of horror movies. No matter what the “monster” goes through, they will always come back. They can get beat up terribly and be essentially dead, but they continue to come back. If you connect these thoughts to the real world, the monster or person would be dead and the would be no coming back. Yet in movies, the monster can get pushed off a roof and still get right back up like nothing happened. One movie in particular that comes to mind is Home Alone. Although the antagonists are human beings they could still be a “monster” to Kevin who is trying to fight them off. They will get hit in the head by medal rods, or burned on the hand and step on nails, but they keep going after Kevin as if nothing happened. I feel that this connects to Cohen’s theory that monsters never die and they continue to come back. Often times because if they did die, there would be no plot or story in a movie or book.