Hello internet. Welcome to film theory. The show that proves to you that you don't need to be afraid of monsters in your closet,

because the real world is filled with so, so much worse.

Today we're talking about the Pixar Classic Monsters Inc.

If you don't remember it, Monsters Inc. isn't just the name of the movie,

it's actually a power company that gets its electricity by harvesting energy from children's screams.

The business model of this place is simple.

Use a door portal to have a monster enter a child's bedroom through the closet,

do something terrifying, and watch as the canisters of scream energy fill up.

Except, as it turns out, their business model isn't working as well as it used to.

Kids these days apparently are grown up too fast and losing their fear of monsters.

Which is kind of a weird premise, isn't it?

I mean, I get that children are the ones that are supposed to be scared of monsters,

but if you think about it, the people who would be most disturbed by a monster coming out of their closet door

would probably be the ones who don't believe in monsters in the first place, right?

I mean, not only do you suddenly have this terrifying beast roaring at you, but heck, now your entire worldview has just been shattered in front of your eyes.

I guess existential dread and questioning reality just doesn't pack the same punch as a blood-curdling scream, huh?

Anyway, as we start our movie, business is bad at Monsters Inc. And things are doubly bad for star employee James P. Sullivan,

aka Sully, when one day he accidentally takes his work home with him. He's

spending a late night at the factory when a human girl wanders through the door and into the

monster realm. Boo causes quite a ruckus since, as it turns out, monsters are just as afraid of us as we are of them.

Sully, with the help of his pal Mike Wazowski, works to return her home, and along the way,

Loki learns how to become a parent.

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