[bloodrayne]

Kids getting killed (which isn't usually shown, but is often implied)...Adds to the 'horror' factor because the thought of a child dying, especially violently, is horrific to us...Those of us who have children often consider our OWN children being hurt when we are confronted with the death of a child in ANY context

On the flipside, when a child is the killer, it's the corruption of innocence, and the shock that someone that we would naturally want to protect becomes a threat, that gets to us on an emotional level


The Good Son, Children Of The Corn and The Omen movies are good examples


Lasting images:

Gage Creed..."Now I wanna play with you"

The little girl killing her mother in Night Of The Living Dead

Regan in Exorcist, although in that one many people chose to look past the little girl, and see the demon as the aggressor