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Slasher killers are monster though. Jason is a monster. Micheal is a monster. They are fictional monsters that can come back from incomprehensable odds.

I say Renfield and Igor because of how they are protrayed in the universal classic films. Especially in each of their portrails by Dwight Frye, although Igor in the original Frankenstien film was actually Fritz and not Igor. They're not protrayed as people with disabilities they are protrayed as monsterous figures, not just by appearance but by the way the actor chooses for them to be. Often overshadowing the actual supernatural beings in film. Saying you can't call Renfeild a monster because he was a human with a supernatural affliction is the same as saying you can't call Lawerance Talbot a monster because he was just a man with a supernatural affliction he had no control in. The mad scientist was a canon student at Monster High, but what's monsterous about him other than the fact that he's 'mad' a psychological condition. Nothing. There's always going to be a debate where the line of monster and human is drawn. Where humanity stops and something new starts.

As for the limitations of monster folklore. It's stupid to limit it in the way you did, which is by time period and copyright claims. The universal monster movies are fine, but any horror character with any cultural significance in the last 60 years that has branding after than point is cut off. The only difference between the creature of the black lagoon and freddy kreuger is thirty years. The difference between Freddy Kreuger and yes there can be characters based off as many different characters as you want from folklore, even though that could possibly be taken as offensive especially if your not careful what you take from.

I get maybe not wanting to including things like creepypastas and video game characters in just for fan overflow, but things that find their life and soul from the same things monster high is based off just seems silly. Especially with all the possibilities that come from things like cult movie monsters.

idk if my point is coming across. it's 1 am and I'm tired and my words aren't working right, but ah, yeah. thus is my rebuttle.