[AsylumSeeker]

I wonder if they are looking at it from the standpoint of what some of the kids go through on set while filming these things and any lasting scars that could leave on their psyche. Linda Blair has said that they took alot of care to try to make it a game on the set of The Exorcist, but she still had nightmares and had to perform some pretty horrific things. Not to mention the way people treated her afterwards. People would run away from her in the street and everyone seemed to confuse her with the character. There was really no gore in that movie. In a gorefest kind of movie with a kid, he/she would have to see all of this stuff and be present with the weapon/etc. to understand what was going on enough to react on film.

I believe that child actors these days are far more sophisticated than back then. Not only have they been exposed to far more in terms of movies and extremes than they have been at any point in time before, but most of these kids are basically slave labor for the parents to suck off of. They are 7 going on 30 in some ways and are far too jaded by the time they are 13.

I would be more willing to back a ban on using child actors whose parents treat them like a blue ribbon pig and suck off of them, than to say that horror films alone are bad for them. I'm sure with the SAG protections they give to child actors and the big hullaballoo over all the teen star turned crack addict/armed robber that there is some kind of counselling taking place. If not, that would certainly be something to ensure. I do believe they should be very careful what children they choose for these types of parts and make sure that the child is mature enough to handle it.