Why are children in
horror presented as evil?
“Why are the evil characters always children or
targeting children.” (Rachel Howe) Horror films show many negative stereotypes
within males and females but in this specific HORROR text, what is most
significant about this text is that its ‘children’. This is predominantly clear
in Scott Derrickson’s highly successful film, Sinister (2012). In Derrickson’s film,
children are presented as the villain/devil in most horror movies, excluding
the fact if their males or female both gender stereotypes are shown. It is
shown that Sinister shows a negative typecast for children rather than the
typical stereotype of children which appears to be the children being harmful
and loving. We can also see this in historical, successful Horror films such as
IT, the others and the children.
“When
watching horror films there seems to be nothing scarier than the little kid who
just pops up on screen and you know is about to do something so crazy or
witness an event that will change their personality for the rest of the film.”
This essay will discover the negative stereotypes of
children in Horror films and how this influences other upcoming movies and the
audience who are watching. 1896 was the first horror movie to be released.
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