At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom."

Power revealed is power sacrificed. The truly powerful exert their influence in ways unseen, unfelt. Some would say that a thing visible is a thing vulnerable.

...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone.

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror

At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom."

I always thought what if you took a myth of childhood like the tooth fairy and made it a central scary thing. We did it on Hellboy and we did it on 'Don't be afraid of the dark'.

I have my library separate from the family home, and every room is a different genre. The only room that I can guarantee I've read everything is the horror room.