Halloween is just around the corner and while many people are planning their scary costumes and mapping out their trick or treating routes, some are more excited about the chilling content coming to their screens. This is also a season of horror movies and entertainment. In case you’re looking for what could get you into the unsettling flow of the season, here are the top 10 horror movies with children.

Let the contrast between the natural innocence expected of children and the creepiness of having them play horror roles plays on your mind…

Here are the top 10 horror movies with children:

10. The Sixth Sense

This movie is famous for the creepy phrase, “I see dead people”. In this movie, Haley Joel Osment played a scared little kid who could see dead people and wondered what they wanted from him. This movie also featured renowned actor Bruce Willis, who played the role of a protagonist psychiatrist. He helps this creepy little kid figure out his connection with the ghosts, solving their problems and allowing them to rest finally.

9. The Omen

A woman returns home from childbirth to raise a son that she thought was hers. Unbeknown to her, her baby died and her husband was convinced at the hospital to take home another baby. The creepiness that follows throughout the movie shows that Damien (the little boy) was a spawn of Satan. This movie will turn your head around over childbirth and the certainty of raising the right child.

8. The Bad Seed

Rhoda Penmark plays the role of an overachieving child that doesn’t take competition lightly. This movie will surely make you reconsider the adorale outlook that you may have had about brilliant and intelligent school kids.

In one of the scenes, Rhoda drowns a classmates simply because he beat her at penmarkship. Brilliant kid, yes. Focused at school, yes. However, she is a sociopath that strikes horror in the eyes of the viewers.

7. The Exorcist

The star of this horror movie is Regan MacNeil, a creepy and unruly teenager that is possessed by the devil. Levitation, speaking in tongue and different kinds of mysterious behaviour confuses her mother, who then embarks on a search for a medical solution, all to no avail. This horror movie can really change your perception of early teens.

6. Pet Sematary

This movie is weird on all sides and scary by all standards. The child actor for this one is Cage Creed. In this horror movie, he plays the role of a dead child whose corpse was buried in a pet cemetery by his father. The fact that a dead child comes back to life is already pretty scary by our standards. Yet, Creed does not just come back to life, but returns as someone totally different from the little innocent son his father once knew. He is back as a psychopath wielding a scalpel with murder on his mind.

5. The Children

This is the kind of movie that could make you seriously question the innocence and sweetness of little kids. In this movie, the previously-adorable kids moved from one extreme to the other. They started as very normal and obedient kids, only to become murderous with an unsatisfying taste for blood. This is the kind of horror movie that will leave you watching your back whenever you are around children. At least for a good while!

4. Poltergeist

Kids talk to themselves and their surroundings in languages that we may not understand. This is usually normal, as we always assume that they are exploring their imaginations. Here is a movie that will make you reconsider how you interpret kids speaking to themselves or to objects around them.

In Poltergeist, Carol Anne Freeling could communicate with demons through the TV. This and other supernatural expressions welcomed unprecedented horror in her home, traumatizing everyone around.

3. Orphan

9 year old Esther is adopted by a family that intends to give her the best life until everything turns out to be a horrible mistake. Why? Bad things happen around Esther, or that was the simple assumption. Repeated horror, including an injured classmate and a nun’s tragic end, reveals that the creepy events around Esther aren’t just coincidence. This is another horror movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat and make you think twice about the children you bring into your home.

2. Child’s Play

How hard is it to separate kids from dolls? Well, even as an adult, the horror movie, Child’s Play would make you reconsider the kind of dolls you welcome into your home.

5 year old Alex Vincent played the role of a little boy who innocently owned a doll. His doll then became possessed by a murderous spirit. This is a scary and dark-sided horror that will make your take inventory of your children’s closet once again. You’ll want to be sure that every doll in the house is actually a doll, and nothing more.

This movie featured the popular child actor, Macaulay Culkin who acted like the perfect son, despite having secretly killed his own younger brother. No one knows his tendencies until his cousin (played by Elijah Wood) comes to visit. It is a horror that will send shivers down your spine.

Conclusion

Horror movies generate certain kinds of chills, thrills and emotions. However, the craftiness involved makes them entertaining. Even more terrifying is that some are based on true life stories.

Entertainment platforms like Blue Baikal, where you can find information and reviews about movies and digital content of all kinds, help us to appreciate these productions. There, you will find information on movies, series and specific genres, the connections between entertainment products, and even news about upcoming movies and events.

On Blue Baikal, you can also submit your own reviews and even get paid for doing so. Imagine starting a thread on some of the above mentioned horror movies that were shot many years ago and enjoying the stories around them ahead of Hallowen. You could eventually sharpen your Halloween game while you enjoy the endless entertainment from these top 10 horror movies with children.