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Heh heh, one of the things we miss about Lucio Fulci is his reckless abandon when it came to butchering kids - witness the opening prologue of Voices From Beyond for example.
And it doesn't bother the Orientals much either - The Untold Story massacre and fiery death/knocking-off-the-charred-corpse's-head scene in Run & Kill are especially memorable.
Why is that? Because as has been said here, inflicting grief upon kids is shocking in any context.
So long as it isn't anything sexual, and enough care is taken to not expose young actors to disturbing imagery on the set, this should remain one of horror's more attention-grabbing calling cards.
If anyone has the Eric Stanze movie I Spit on Your Corpse, I Piss on Your Grave it is interesting to see how they got around the bit where the young boy discovers the sexually mutilated corpse. The actor, one of the crew's sons, was never actually shown any graphic special effects through clever editing manipulation.
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