Re B Lorenz' post on the "beauty and the beast" theme: here's a plug for a severely underrated film, Franc Roddam's THE BRIDE, a version of FRANKENSTEIN from the point of view that the real monster is the doctor himself. The beastly people-- the reanimated being and the freak show with which he travels-- are "beautiful" in spirit. I really thought the film made a statement about cultural tendencies to create scapegoats and ascribe evil to them. Give it a look...