Most disturbing children in horror films – The cornerstone of so many horror films, especially those dabbling in the paranormal, is children. The wide-eyed optimism, the imagination, the curiosity, and the innocence that make up a child allows for so many creepy, haunting, and wildly scary scenarios to unfold in a story.
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It’s no surprise that so many films go back time and time again to use youngsters to create scares.
There seems to be so many possibilities too. With regards to stories about the devil, often it’s the case that a demonic spirit is trying to possess a child, seeking a corporeal body and using a kid’s vulnerability as its essence. In other cases, a child might possess a special ability, making it acutely aware of that which is evil or malicious. Still yet, a pre-adolescent might already be taken, and thus a story revolves about a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
That’s not all of course. Horror films through the ages have used children in many different ways to creep and unnerve, making them killers (or their toys), harbingers of evil, or simply protagonists with unusual gifts that are useful yet still freaky. It’s strange sometimes to think that these movie children are in fact real life kids, and after starring in a scary movie, must return home to parents who may or may not be slightly unnerved themselves. That’s because these children do indeed terrify – and there are many examples. With that, we take a look here at some of the most memorably horrifying children on screen through the decades of horror films.
10. Dalton, Insidious
The first installment of what is now a trilogy, and will likely continue for at least another movie, was a right chilling film and a worthy entry in the recent surge of paranormal films. Insidious saw Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne tend to their comatose child, worried about his well-being, but unaware initially that something more sinister is at work. As mentioned in the intro, the child here is one of many being latched onto by demon spirits in an attempt to come to this world. So while the child is in a coma, he is still doing weird things; the creepiest may be when the mother takes out the trash, and looking back inside, sees her son dancing in the living room.
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