Recall how I asked you about Asian movie monsters such as Sadako (Ring) and the mother/son/father ghosts of Ju-on? You admitted that your theory did not hold with them and thereby limited it to American cinema. HOWEVER, if your new point about "guitly in the eye of the movie" holds, then Sadako would HAVE to be included. In the same way that Kirsty's fiddling with the box was innocent, Reiko's watching of the tape was just as blameless, but in doing so they both committed the "sin" of curiosity. In fact, Reiko might be considered even more damned than Kirsty because she was deliberately investigating the urban legend of the tape. But if that's the case, we are still left with the mystery of the ghosts from Ju-On; their victims committed no sin except to enter the house. By the by, I disagree. I think sci fi is far more inclined to punish "knowledge-seekers". See "The Matrix" or "The Terminator" or "2001: A Space Odyssey" or hell, even "Jurassic Park". Horror, on the other hand, while using the same trick, is just as eager to punish the ignorant, particularly in gothic horror. Whether that ignorance be innocent ("Rosemary's Baby") or willfull "Pet Sematery"). And horror can be optimistic too; I've seen a number of horror movies where love is the answer and the best of the characters survive ("Poltergeist" and "Pumpkinhead" come to mind).
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By the by, I disagree. I think sci fi is far more inclined to punish "knowledge-seekers". See "The Matrix" or "The Terminator" or "2001: A Space Odyssey" or hell, even "Jurassic Park". Horror, on the other hand, while using the same trick, is just as eager to punish the ignorant, particularly in gothic horror. Whether that ignorance be innocent ("Rosemary's Baby") or willfull "Pet Sematery"). And horror can be optimistic too; I've seen a number of horror movies where love is the answer and the best of the characters survive ("Poltergeist" and "Pumpkinhead" come to mind).