The kids aint all right.

KYGOTC · February 27, 2007, 05:11:52 PM

A really bad habit that horror movie makers have picked up in the past few years is trying to make small children scary.
The Ring.
The Grudge.
The Omen.
Hell, even the narator for the tv spots for "Lady in the Water" was some whispering kid.

NOT SCARY. Just REEELY annoying. And this isn't a new concept. Look at that scene in "The Shinning". 2 little girls holding hands saying "come play with us" isn't even MILDLY unsettling.

I miss the good ol' days when people thought super natural monsters and other beasts were scary and made movies out of those.

akiratubo · February 27, 2007, 05:15:21 PM

Little kids work for less money than stuntment in monster suits. (At least, in their debut movies.)

I thought Samara was scary in "The Ring" because she was ... something ... but not really a little girl.

RCMerchant · February 27, 2007, 05:48:02 PM

There ARE exceptions!
Regan McNeil...the EXORCIST(1973)
The killer baby from IT"S ALIVE! (1974)
The mommy killing zombie girl in NIGHT of the LIVING DEAD(1968)....and the little basterd in BURIAL GROUND (1979)

Neville · February 27, 2007, 05:57:46 PM

I found the twins from "The Shinning" VERY disturbing.

Shadow · February 27, 2007, 10:41:06 PM

I find all children to be quite frightening.

BeyondTheGrave · February 27, 2007, 11:52:27 PM

Kids are the black hole.........

sideorderofninjas · February 28, 2007, 01:16:40 AM

Quote from: Shadowfyre on February 27, 2007, 10:41:06 PM
I find all children to be quite frightening.

Glad to know that someone else realizes the truth...

peter johnson · February 28, 2007, 01:31:14 AM

Really, the "ominous child" has been with us for quite some time --
You get waves & ripples -- after "The Exorcist" debuted in 1973, there were a plethora of imitations & "scary kid" movies to follow --
See "The Innocents", 1962, for a really really GOOD "ominous child" film.
peter johnson/denny crane

zombiedudeman · February 28, 2007, 02:42:09 AM

There needs be more awesome creature and mutated freak movies, slimy ones without any CGI. Stupid CGI pale skinned kids, they should get shot in every movie from now on.

Trevor · February 28, 2007, 04:24:02 AM

Really scary kids? Try Village of The Damned aka Children Of The Damned ~ the 1960's version, b.t.w.

Doc Daneeka · February 28, 2007, 06:48:49 AM

QuoteVillage of The Damned aka Children Of The Damned

No, the latter was a sequel.

Neville · February 28, 2007, 07:06:24 AM

I like John Carpenter's version as well. I really can't understand why it is so reviled.

Flangepart · February 28, 2007, 10:35:46 AM

Children are scary. To adults, and other kids.
Because they are animals.
And the attitudes of children are varied. Its the preditory one we fear.
That, and the idea that something smaller and weaker then us, can harm us. Yet, a snake is small compared to a man, but who wants to be bitten by a black Mamba?
No, not a black mamma! Lets leave Martin Lawrence out of this!

Torgo · February 28, 2007, 11:32:26 PM

Quote from: Neville on February 28, 2007, 07:06:24 AM
I like John Carpenter's version as well. I really can't understand why it is so reviled.

I thought that the direction was fine, but that movie was woefully miscast IMO.

ghouck · March 01, 2007, 12:07:13 AM

Children of the Corn. . Creepy kids for sure. . .