Why does monsters like demons, vampire, zombies, and so on continue to form such an important part of lore and storytelling?

Monsters
will always form a large part of the lore and stories that we create. We may see monsters in our
, but the reason why lies within our minds. Psychology provides a few reasons why we keep coming
back to stories that frighten yet intrigue us.

In his book Haunted:
On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural
Worlds , Leo Braudy explains that we are drawn to see what we also dread to see. His
idea of why we are drawn to tell stories and make myths that deal with monsters is because we
have an almost detrimental fixation on those...