Spooky little ghost girls...

[spacemonkey]

So Ive been noticing a fad thats been spreading like wild fire in horror films...spooky little girls.

They been used in the past as a scary plot device and very effectively I might add..but lately this little trend has had less then spectacular results...example: Fear Dot Com.

Films where spooky little girls have been used:

The Shining- (the two ghost girls hanging around in the hotel)

The Ring- (evil girl with pshychic powers)

Resident Evil- (the holographic representation of the red queen)

Ghost Ship- (the little ghost girl that killed herself)

So why do you guys think this is done so often in horror movies?
And what in your opinion is the best time that this has been done in a movie?

My vote goes for The Shinning. Followed closely by The Ring.

http://www.indelibleinc.com/kubrick/films/shining/images/shining_twins.jpg

[Toxferatu]

shining definetly.

although i havent seen the ring, but i will as soon as it comes out on dvd.

[Lord Crumb]

Well, most of the films you listed are nowhere near scary. The girls in RESIDENT EVIL, GHOST SHIP, FEAR DOT COM, etc weren't scary whatsoever. I'm with you on your pics...THE SHINING and THE RING probably did it best.

[JivaFox]

I agree, THE SHINING twins are the scariest...

The Resident Evil one was annoying and needed a smack in the face. :mad:

I also found the ghost girl in "Blair Witch Project 2" scary...her face was EVIL!

[KillerKlown]

I SHAT it when I first saw the puking ghost girl during the Sixth Sense!!!!

[JivaFox]

Oh yeah! When she's under the table! That scared me too! But I found the ghost boy scarier..."I'll show you where my dad keeps his gun" *Shiveres* Brrr......:eek:

[Nightmare_Dreaming]

Not really spose to be scary, but still kinda creepy, .... The jump rope girls in the Elm Street films.

[spacemonkey]

Yeah those were spooky too....one two freddys coming for you...three four better lock your doors...spooky. And that little girl on Nightmare on Elm Street III Dream Warriors...the one that says: "let go...your hurting me!" And when Patricia Arquette takes a look at her shes a skeleton! AAAAHHH! :)

Samara was defenetly one of the spookiest things to come out in recent years...

http://www.geekshelf.com/gallery/whocares444/samara/samara.0.gif

Now come to think of it..there have been a lot of spooky little ghost boys too..like the ones seen in the Others and Devils Backbone....

[Kaos]

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When Samara came out of the T.V. at Noah's house I got major chills up and down my spine. That was one spooky kid! Thanks Spacemonkey, now I get the same sensation when I go to this thread.:eek: :D

[KillerKlown]

I haven't seen Samara yet, just the original Sadako in Ringu.....Which had the bizarre effect of creating unusual markings in my underpants.......:p

[Ren Hoek]

geez KillerKlown, your avatar is so damn trippy... and it also reminded me of my pick for my SCARY GIRL #1

http://www.btinternet.com/~Schwa/reaganbloody.jpg

lovely Reagan... isn't she adorable?

[KillerKlown]

Hmmmmm........ "You know what she did?? Your CUNTING daughter??"


Great quote that - I especially love the use of the word CUNTING.....In fact, I use that word a lot when referring to my old car.......;)

[Lindsey]

Originally posted by spacemonkey
**SPOILER*
Ghost Ship- (the little ghost girl that killed herself)

Actually, the bad guys dressed as waiters dragged her into her room, then hung her. Sorry, I just had to clairfy things!

I agree with spacemonkey. When A Nightmare on Elm Street's theme song starts to play, with the little girls jump roping and singing their chant, has to be one of the scariest moments ever!

[pig farmer]

Little girls and 'alternative' people are so overdone. You know, the goths and punks and whatever else they throw in there that is not supposed to be normal.

[ICP RULZ]

Originally posted by KillerKlown75
I SHAT it when I first saw the puking ghost girl during the Sixth Sense!!!!

Damn dude,I was the exact same way. It scared the shit outta me

Peace

[the night watchman]

Sadako's scarier Samara, IMO, but she's actually a teenager, so I guess she doesn't count.

Anywho, I'm with the spector of the Grady twins from Kubrick's "The Shining."

We want to play with you forever ... and ever ... and ever ... and ever ...

[thebloodfeaster]

In Rob Zombie's SONG House of 1000 Corpses, after the music is mostly done you can hear a very creepy sounding little girl that is presumably a sample from the movie.

[Krueger Bayne]

He also used a creepy little girls voice in call of the Zombie a song of his album HellBilly Deluxe.

[spacemonkey]

And lets not forget good ole Carole Anne Freeling..

"Their Heeeeere...."

This flick used to scare the shit out of me as a kid and Carole Annes spooky connection with the undead had a lot to do with it...:D

http://www.risd.k12.nm.us/images/sept01news/pn6WMF0.JPG

[Lord Crumb]

Originally posted by JivaFox
I also found the ghost girl in "Blair Witch Project 2" scary...her face was EVIL! GOOD CALL! I forgot about her. She was definitely the best part of that film!

[spacemonkey]

Hey Lordcromb, I thought that was a cool call too! I tried to look for a pic of her with no success....but she was mega spooky in that movie. :D

[The Troll Man]

And especially Poltergeist 3, SPOILER! the evil-looking Carol-Anne from the Other Side that vaguely resembled Zelda from Terrahawks END SPOILER! was creepy as hell...

And don't forget Don't Look Now!

[DWhots]

I always like the little girl ghost in Mario Bava's Kill Baby Kill.

[Spider-man III]

What about Jeannie from FearDotCom??

[Xipe Totec]

Damn..... Blair Witch 2, I hoped no one will mention it, so I could do it, ..........damn.... And I`d somewhat like to name the girl in "The Others" She was kinda spooky too.........

[Antonio]

Don't forget the little girl in THE LADY IN WHITE, who haunted an elementary school as she was doomed to relive the horrifying events of her own death on the anniversary of her unsolved murder (as witnessed by the film's young hero Lukas Haas).

[spacemonkey]

You know I was just about to mention that one, thats the one were lukas haas gets locked up in a schools attic on halloween night and he sees the little girls ghost. I remember beeing spooked by this one when I was a kid. Id like to see it now that Im a grown up schmoe, but this films kinda hard to get a hold of.

[spacemonkey]

And lets not forget the spooky ghost girl in the others..this scene sent shivers down my spine...:D

http://www.indiemoviereview.co.uk/images/The%20Others/The_Others_3.jpg

[psycho path]

Any movie with a ghost girl scares me. Look at the last image of my avatar and tell me you dont get chills! If I get around to making my planned film Mansion,you can bet ill be using this. I wrote a scene with not the best dialogue,but this scene isnt about dialogue. Its more about scares. Here it is:

-Various shots of the houses rooms come by. We see the guillotine in a darkened room. Next is a moving shot of a door,inside it bieng pitch black. Next is a shot of the cabinet with rope on the floor next to it. It soon becomes a P.O.V. shot of something moving,we never really see it. It keeps walking through the mansion. Vickie walks by,and a vase near the entity falls down and breaks. It gets Vickies attention,she looks back and gets a glimpse of a leg going into a door. Vickie slowly walks over and peeks into the opening of the door. She sees nothing but hears footsteps forwarding to her,and before she turns away she sees an eye. An eye so dead and terrifyingly abnormal that she screams.

INT-SCOTTS ROOM-NIGHT

-Scott is woken by the bloodcurdling cry for help.

Scott: "Liz? Vickie?!"

-Its obvious scott is chilled by the sound. He gets out of his bed and gets out of his room after hearing faint breathing a distance away.

Scott: "Whos there? Are you alright?!"

-Scott doesnt get an answer.

Scott: "Jesus,what the fu-"

-Scott is interrupted by something running behind him. He sees the broken vase that has fallen when Vickie was there,by the room she looked into. Scott runs over to the rooms open door and turns on the light switch. Everything looks normal. A bed at the corner of the room,a desk with a small mirror on it. A ledger for photos. Not as big or fancy as most of the rooms in the house.

Scott: "Is anybody in here?"

-Scott is confused,its seen in his face expression. He goes over to the photos and looks at them. There is a little girl smiling. The next photo shows the girl not smiling,and the next shows a cross with the name Emily Ruth on it. He turns away from them and sees a quick flash before his eyes of a dead,cut up Emily Ruth. It cuts back to reality where the room is anything but believable as blood is splattered all over the walls and through the little mirror on the desk Scott sees Emily Ruth getting killed by something. She is stabbed in the stomach and all over her chest until the knife plunges into her heart killing her as she is screaming with blood gurgling out her mouth. The mirror shatters and Scott yells and then is hit in the back of the head with the same knife. He falls over dead. All is silent but the haunting rhythm of the girls music box...The scene fades to black.

Anybody like it? Now back on to topic,The Grady Girls are for sure the scariest infant girls on film.

[spacemonkey]

That was preatty cool pshycho path, spooky and scary. Good luck in getting it made dude! Sounds like a good haunted house movie myyyyy favorite! You got some talent

Another spooky little girl, the girl on The Beyond. She did catch me by surprise!

http://horrormd.50megs.com/b28.jpg

[psycho path]

Thanks man! By the way,cool pic,is her head torn open or something?

[spacemonkey]

Nope! Its blown apart by a shot in the face!

Here she is with those spooky yellow eyes of hers..

http://www.houseofhorrors.com/Beyond/beyond84.gif

[Wi$hMastér]

In Pet Semetary that little baby scared me and that little girl
dont laugh :p

[skweemkween]

Spooky little girls kick ass!

And it goes to show all you boys out there- watch out. Good things don't always come in small packages....Muuuu-ooh-aahh-ahhahaha!!!!!!!



(I can say this alright, I'm only 5'2! %$%$&&*)

[psycho path]

Im about to watch Ghost Ship tonight on DVD,is the little girl in it atleast a little creepy? By the way,anybody else think my scene is good?

[the night watchman]

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKY!

[Juice]

Ghost girls are one of those modern chiché's... They were scary as hell in the Shining, but I didn't see any other movie where they scared me. (I have watched all the other movies named here).
Although they can be damn creepy when handled well.

[psycho path]

The most recent little girl who scared me in a horror flick was in GHOSTHOUSE. Those eyes...Brrrrrr!!!!!!!!

[X-Nightcrawler]

There's a creepy ghost kid in my script "Hometown" (a.k.a. Crystal Falls)...you can't make out if it's a by or a girl, it's like a shadowy thing that haunts Jessica and Jim...gee, I hope s/he's scary if the movie was made.

[killuminati003]

Originally posted by JivaFox
Oh yeah! When she's under the table! That scared me too! But I found the ghost boy scarier..."I'll show you where my dad keeps his gun" *Shiveres* Brrr......:eek:

ya man me 2.....i watched this movie n the theater....i was afraid i would see a boy with a big ole hole n the back of his head for weeks and weeks....

[ERIN_LoJ]

Great work again Psycho :)

As for other little girls I can think of, not the creepiest but those kids from village of the damned remake. The little girl, especially the main one, was eerie.

And I can never forget the little blonde for the original THE BAD SEED. She had no conscious at all and that's one thing that made her scary.

[Queen_Akasha]

Um the little girl in A Nightmare On Elm Street 4 The Dream Master

Kristen:"Weres Freddy?"

little girl:"*giggles*He's not home"

now that little girl scared me and also the little kids that were singing the freddy song are scary also!

[psycho path]

BUMP!

[Heavenley]

I thought of one that hasn't been mentioned...........the kids from Children of the Corn..........totally creepy!

[the night watchman]

There's a creepy little ghost boy in The Eye.

[adamjohnson]

Theres a bunch of creepy little shitheads in my script. Alas they will never be seen.

Just wait til SILENT HILL comes out guys!

And dont forget about the "Jesus is dead" little hellspawn in LOST SOULS.

[darchangel]

my picks for creepy little girls:

1. Samara from The Ring (or Sadako from Ringu, if you wish)

2. The sisters from the Shining

3. The jumprope girls in Nightmare on Elm Street

4. Little Tina from F13 part seven

5. Reagan from The Exorcist

6. Carol Anne in Poltergeist

7. Jamie from Halloween 4 & 5 (just in the clown costume)

8. The little girl in F13 part 6 when <SPOILER> she's carrying that huge bloody knife <END SPOILER>

9. Zelda in Pet Sematary

10. and last but not least, Claudia in Interview with the Vampire

that's all for me!

rock out with your cock out

~darchangel~

[spacemonkey]

Hey i just thought of two more spooky kids that really scared the shit out of me when I was a kid!

The Glick boys from Salems Lot Brrr...

http://www.chrisglass.com/things/movies/img/salemslot.jpg

[the night watchman]

Good call, spacemonkey. They were the creepiest part of the whole movie.

[KillerKlown]

Yeah, those glick's were scary wee shits - especially Ralphie scratching away at the window...:eek:

[skweemkween]

Oh Christ the Glicks!

That reminds me, funny story. I waited for weeks for that to make it's tv premiere back in 1979, all the teasers and stuff. And when it came time for it to show, I had come down with one of the worst flu bugs a ten yr old could get. So, I had to watch that thing with a fever of 101, go to bed afterwards in the room that I shared with my brother, and try to fall asleep. Everytime my brother tried to tease me by pretending to be the Glick boy, he actually floated across the room because I was delirious from the fever. I started halucinating that he was the damn Glick boy. My equilibrium was so shot that everytime I looked up at him coming towards my bed he moved vvvvvvvery slowly, like a heart beat at time. I was freaked. It was literally a religious experience. And we had a big god damn picture window in our bedroom. It was a very memorable week.

One I will always treasure. Fucking flu.

[bowieee]

Originally posted by Antonio
Don't forget the little girl in THE LADY IN WHITE, who haunted an elementary school as she was doomed to relive the horrifying events of her own death on the anniversary of her unsolved murder (as witnessed by the film's young hero Lukas Haas).

This was the first thing I thought of when I read the thread title. That scene with the girl always creeped me out.

[spacemonkey]

Originally posted by skweemkween
Oh Christ the Glicks!

That reminds me, funny story. I waited for weeks for that to make it's tv premiere back in 1979, all the teasers and stuff. And when it came time for it to show, I had come down with one of the worst flu bugs a ten yr old could get. So, I had to watch that thing with a fever of 101, go to bed afterwards in the room that I shared with my brother, and try to fall asleep. Everytime my brother tried to tease me by pretending to be the Glick boy, he actually floated across the room because I was delirious from the fever. I started halucinating that he was the damn Glick boy. My equilibrium was so shot that everytime I looked up at him coming towards my bed he moved vvvvvvvery slowly, like a heart beat at time. I was freaked. It was literally a religious experience. And we had a big god damn picture window in our bedroom. It was a very memorable week.

One I will always treasure. Fucking flu.

LOL! Thats a funny story Skweem! Made all the more frightning byt the fact that you actually had picture widows...just like in the movie.

It seems that everyone who saw this as a kid was really affected by it. I hear Klownzilla used some wooden sticks and made a cross to put it on his bedroom window!

Its just that those two kids where so damn spooky! And the way they shot those scenes was in reverse wich sort of made it all look even weirder...I know I had a few sleepless nights as a kid waiting for the glick kids to scratch my window.

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by spacemonkey
It seems that everyone who saw this as a kid was really affected by it. I hear Klownzilla used some wooden sticks and made a cross to put it on his bedroom window!



It wasn't Klownzilla, it was me. I shat tartan when I first saw that mini-series as a kid and I always cacked it when I had to close my curtains at night, as I expected a vampire to be out there...

'Kween - That story is brilliant! fever-induced delerium always produces some great results.

[spacemonkey]

Sorry Killerklown, its the word 'klown' that threw me off. But hey, at least I remembered your traumatic childhood experience! :D

[skweemkween]

Dudes! I forgot about one of the greatest spooky little ghost girls around - I thought about at 1am this morning and damned if I can think of it...............ssssssssssshit.....be back in a little bit.

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by spacemonkey
Sorry Killerklown, its the word 'klown' that threw me off. But hey, at least I remembered your traumatic childhood experience! :D



LOL, it's funny how we all got freaked out by the same section of that film.

[Tsurugi]

Found a real creepy vid on Youtube, Mirror Ghos girl!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-QJvdLsPGw

Impressed vid...but hoaxed one. Follow this link

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v32713986XzyQJXQ?c=CaptaimDisillusion

[drugs and hugs]

Found a real creepy vid on Youtube, Mirror Ghos girl!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-QJvdLsPGw

Impressed vid...but hoaxed one. Follow this link

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v32713986XzyQJXQ?c=CaptaimDisillusion

That was creepy:eek:.Then it turns out to be a hoax :(,but the dude hosting the video is creepy:).

[biff_debris]

That was creepy:eek:.Then it turns out to be a hoax :(,but the dude hosting the video is creepy:).

Yeah, WTF is up with his makeup? He looks like some maligned Hershey's Kiss or something.

[snoopmish]

I SHAT it when I first saw the puking ghost girl during the Sixth Sense!!!!



Ahhh...Mischa Barton's best role.


They also had an evil/demonic/ghost little girl on "Angel". She protected a room at Wolfram & Hart. Got killed by a very large demon guy. The rerun was on TNT this morning.

[Antonio141]

All scary bitches...but the Grady girls from THE SHINING win the prize!

[oranj]

In this scene, Henry is hallucinating as this figure lumbers down the hall to approach him. Or is it real?

http://www.redvelvetmovie.com

[rilocay]

I always like the little girl ghost in Mario Bava's Kill Baby Kill.

Tookt he word's outta my mouth! Very awesome, totally wouldn't be suprised if this influenced the asian influence. Also possibly one of the oldest? I'm not too sure but what's left of the film's transfer definatly makes it look that way!! Great pick!

[Tsurugi]

New awesome debunking from "that creepy guy" with funny make-up. He's gonna be serious with fake videos)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=L_9DmF3Zc24&channel=CaptainDisillusion

[spacemonkey]

anymore recent examples of this horror cliche?