[MrShape]

Okay, here's something I've been wondering about for a while. How many of you think that the current half assed "moral messages" included in many horror films are really necessary? By that, I mean the general rule where characters who are shown commiting some kind of "sin" (having sex, drinking, ect) are later killed off for it further on in the film, while the character which does none of it (the virgin) survives to the end. This has been with us since the 80s. The most recent example that comes immediately to mind is the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre redux, which contains a wholly arbitrary scene where the characters all smoke pot. Jessica Beil's character is the one who not only doesn't, but tosses the joint out the window. Beil's character is the only one to survive. I don't know about you guys, but I think torture, mutilation and death are rather severe punsihments for pot smoking, (I sure John Ashcroft would disagree with me there, but I digress) a misdemeaner offense. And note that the original TCM didn't need any sort of moralizing to justify itself (unless you want to count stupidity as a sin).
So how about it? What does everyone think? Do we really need for the victems in horror films to punished for some crime, or do you think its about time we saw a girl have lots of sex and live through to the end? I'm curious to know.