I don't like it when kids/old people get killed in horror movies, am I the only one?

[Mike]

Ok, it all depends on if the kid or old person is evil or mean, then I don't care. But if they are innocent, I don't like it. Even though they are just movies, I still find it a little disturbing. Of course it bothers me more when it's kids. Here's a couple of examples:

I didn't like it when the little boy got killed in SLEEPY HOLLOW, I really wanted him to make it... Also, I thought it was totally horrible that the little baby in the first CANDYMAN was killed, it was in the beginning. Of course it is only implied, but it still bothered me.

I can't think of any movies where old people get killed right now, even though I know there's quite a few I just can't think of them. The only one I can think of is DEVIL IN THE FLESH, but that old bitch deserved it. Other than that, I can't think of any.

Am I the only one that's this way or does anyone agree with me???

[This message has been edited by Mike (edited 07-16-2001).]

[Laffin83]

Well, Mike, I agree. I think I either read it or it was on the boring commentary on the "Sleepy Hollow" DVD, that Tim Burton wanted to have the kid killed instead of getting away just *because* he's a kid. I'm not like this anymore, but I hated when women got killed in Horror movies, especially Drew Barrymore in "Scream". It disturbed me, cause even though it was the beginning I was liking her and wasn't expecting a murder that quick. (I was 13 when I saw it in theaters in '96 and never really watched Horror movies before that because I was scared of 'em. LOL!). But now I consider male and female deaths equal /ubb/biggrin.gif.

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[countchocula]

Killing off younger characters is quite disturbing, but it doesn't bother me much. To me, it just adds to the atmosphere. Also, kids get on my nerves.

[Horror Hippie]

I suppose its how it's done. In the case of Sleepy Hollow, and I don't know how to put it any other way, but after you watch the whole movie, you can understand why the child had to be killed. Him seeing his mother's head roll across the floor is another thing. . .

Children don't get killed a whole lot either, but like I said, if it's done so it absolutely had to be done, I got no problem with it.

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[Horror whore]

It doesn't bother me when old people die (They've lived long enough) but when kids die it is kind of sad...

[redroostr]

I don't care if theyre 9 or 99, kill em all!

[cereal killer]

If I don't like I'm fuck um but if I like the character I hate it when they die like in pet semetery the old man should not have died.

[AntonioDelLago]

I totally agree with the 4-year-old boy in SLEEPY HOLLOW and the teen character played by Drew Barrymore in SCREAM. Both very mean-spirited murders of two innocents.

My beef is when filmmakers kill harmless animals just to force sentimentality out of viewers. I just get pissed off.

[Mike]

Yeah, it doesn't bother me quite as much when people don't bother me as much unless they are really nice, then it does. But I find it worse when kids or harmless animals die...

[Cyrus]

Are we getting soft here?

You don't like it when a certain demographic of character is killed because it's "too disturbing"? Hel-lo? We're talking horror films here! Since when are they expected to play by the rules or play it safe?

If you're looking for 'fair play' or some sense of belief that evil should play nice then methinks you're in the wrong genre....

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[cereal killer]

Cyrus your right hell evrybody should die cause they are in a horror movie.

[Adidas03]

I don't really like when kids die if they are young, but its a movie! Some of you people take this shit too seriously if you get sadden, its fake, a movie is fake.

[Beltfed]

I could care less.....kill them all, I loved in "Maximum Overdrive"- when the steam roller ran over the kids on the baseball field (its amusing).

Beltfed

[APzombie]

yeah killing kids, old people, and animals ticks me off. The olny teen i ever cared about in slasher was drew barrymore, cause she was so damn innocent, but most other teens are just horny and stoned. any kill of people who are crying or pleeding alot always bugs the shit out of me too. And i dont care what you say, im more disturbed watching mike myers killing that dog in holloween than i am watching Mrs. Vorhes stabing kevin beacon through the neck.

[Bloodybitch13]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by countchocula:
kids get on my nerves.</font>

Kinda odd since you're named after a kid's cereal. /ubb/biggrin.gif
Anyway, I just hit the mute button when innocents are killed....That way I don't hear their screams.

[WritnGuy]

I think if a director handles the taboo deaths of certain characters the right way, it adds a sense of realism to an unreal situation on-screen.

[pizowell]

Kill'em all!

[Horror whore]

LOL bloody bitch!!

[Mike716]

I'm glad somebody brought this up, I hate it when kids old people and poor animals get killed in movies, it makes me start to hate the killer, like I halloween he strangled the poor dog, I mean, the kids don't deserve it, old people are really nice, and animals are not only innocent but also defenseless

[malaria]

The most disturbing kids death is the one in the Blob remake.

[Antonio Del Lago]

MALARIA, are you referring to the sewer sequence, when the young boy gets swept away in the "shit" by the title creature? I myself was very shocked as well!

[Cyclonus]

It's okay with me as long as it's not excessive. /ubb/smile.gif

[kbillysupersound]

I thought it was a very powerful scene in "Pet Sematary" when Gage was killed,..(the fist time by the truck) but it made the movie more realistic (for me anyway) Because bad things happen to people (young or old)all the time and so should they in the movies.

Example: I think they made a mistake in FRIDAY THE 13th 6 when they brought a bunch of little kids to camp crystal lake because Jason is a heartless killer and he would have killed those kids when he was in there cabin, it made it unrealistic for me. Any thoughts on this?

[Antonio Del Lago]

I agree with K BILLY...The FRIDAY 6 Jason incarnation was perhaps the most mean-spirited of the entire series, and he "allowed" those kids to live? Come on! Although their one-liners were pretty funny ("we're dead meat!"), the tykes were a distraction.

[AlienClown]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Cyrus:
Are we getting soft here?
You don't like it when a certain demographic of character is killed because it's "too disturbing"? Hel-lo? We're talking horror films here! Since when are they expected to play by the rules or play it safe?
If you're looking for 'fair play' or some sense of belief that evil should play nice then methinks you're in the wrong genre....
</font>
Hell yes, that's what I'm talking about, anyone should be fair game. Makes for more unpredictability as far as who will and who won't survive, regardless of age/gender/etc.



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[Jason Voorhees]

Actually I don't think Jason kills children, Perhaps because he died as one and mentally, still is one. I believe he has a strange affinity for kids which is why those kids survived.
Hmm.. Kill them, Death's don't bother me. Kids in movies get my on my nerves anyway though there are some I would not have liked to have seen die (Danny from the Shining, Andy in Childs Play 1), As they were cute non annoying kids.

[malaria]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Antonio Del Lago:
MALARIA, are you referring to the sewer sequence, when the young boy gets swept away in the "shit" by the title creature? I myself was very shocked as well!</font>

Yeah Antonio. That's the one. Christ! I mean getting killed by that Blob is just about the most horrific death imaginable but that was too much for me!!! And I mean that in a good way. The kid wasn't even unlikable like the little bastards in the JP films.
From that point onward I couldn't quite concentrate 'cause that death was still eating at my mind.
One of the absolute BEST of the 80s films.
Love the ending where...

*****HUGE SPOILER
*****...they put forward that theory about
*****the extinction of the dinosaurs.

[Seph]

kid deaths sorta take me aback in that they're unexpected, but it keeps it unpredictable, which is always good....

[Irish13]

Kill `em all....shit guys if only bad, mean spirited, or annoying adults got killed in horror movies it would eliminate any kind of scare. You would know what`s coming. Child or elderly deaths are put there for a reason to disturb or shock you. I remember when I first watched Assault on Precinct 13. When the gang guy shoots the little kid with the ice cream. That was the first chid death I`d seen and stuck with me for a long time, but thats what was intended. Remember it`s only a movie.

p.s. If someone just wants to see bad people get killed I suggest they watch Rambo that`s all that fucker does.

[James_Sully_Sullivan]

Of course i hate it!!
If a girl or an old woman dies, i cant stand it.
If a boy or an old man dies...I guess its ok if they were annoying ////**SPOILER**////(Kinda like that anoying kid in "the blob remake")

[Wanderer]

It depends. If I think it add to the dramatic conflict central to the story or there is a believable reason for it happening it doesn't bother me.

If I think the movie is just doing it for some cheap shock scares or to flame up some controversy aimed at getting the movie free publicity then I get mad.

I suppose for me it's more a question of how much gore is actually SHOWN and the neccessity or lack thereof for it's presence.