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Yes, too bad they didn't burn a Donnie Darko soundtrack CD, really ! I highly recommend you the DVD, which I bought last week. There are two different audio commentaries (filmmaker and technical crew), 20 scenes that didn't make it to the final cut (with audio commentary), hidden bonuses, and the usual resumés. It's neat !

Yes, I totally agree that the worst monsters are those who walk among us. To me the ultimate horror flicks will always be WW2 documentaries. It's a good thing the Germans did a movie about Hitler that showed him in a serious light and did not try to make him some fantasy bogeyman. When we demonize the monsters that walk and sometimes prosper among us, we enable the following generation to surprise us with another wave of horror.

I rented the Darko DVD and was glad to see all the additional commentaries and deleted scenes. I rent this movie about 3 or 4 times per year. I may was well buy it.

It seemed the director had a couple of different ideas about the direction of the movie but chose to hold back on revealing too much of his interpretation so that the audience could decide on their own. For instance, the scene wherein Donnie first meets Frank on the golf course. The deleted script reveals more about Frank's purpose, which the director chose to exclude in the final cut.