Though thought of before, didn't realize how much perfect sense it makes to use foreign, ethnic elements in the score--how it should be in any "monster" movie: if this were to happen to you in real life--anything supernatural--and if life had a score, the music would be different than what you're used to/expect to reflect the situation. This technique in scoring brings the audience to see the "foreignness" of the situation on screen to the characters--it helps us see that those characters are a lot like us.

Tim