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Children are a vision of innocence and wholesomeness. They haven’t had the same experiences as adults, so their worldview tends to be positive. However, there is another way children get used more infrequently but very memorably: as polar opposites of how they act in the real world to instill a sense of creepiness that makes the viewer feel uneasy.
There are many notable, creepy children characters in cinema history. While creepy characters are more often portrayed by adults, there are some key ways in which kids can embrace it: This can involve knowledge a child shouldn’t have, violent behavior, or even supernatural powers.
Creepy characters don’t have to just exist in genres like horror. They can be used in thrillers, dramas, science fiction, or even comedies. The genre doesn’t matter. What matters is how the audience feels when the character does something or says something.
So looking through modern cinema, we found quite a few creepy kids. Check them all out, in chronological order.