Hello horror fans - and once again, welcome back to the scariest channel on YouTube - Top
5 Scary Videos - where today we’re gonna break down some of the most terrifying toddlers
in the entirety of horror cinema.
Creepy damn kids.
What’s going on guys - as per usual I’ll be your horror host Jack Finch as we stare
into the beady eyes of pure evil itself - and take a look at the Top 5 Creepiest Kids In
Horror Movies.
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The great battle between nature and nurture has been the hottest topic in psychology since
the first day we realised that there was a little something more to our fleshy brain
grey matter - although our understanding is much more intricate than we first realised
- it’s pretty straightforward in the world of horror cinema.
With kids in particular - they’re either bundles of hope and goodness - or they’re
straight up cold dead-eyed psychopaths.
Well let’s take a look at the creepiest of them all, eh?
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On with the show.
Kicking off at Number 5 - Ralphie Glick - ‘Salem’s Lot
The fact that there are two vampire-children-window-floating scenes in Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot
is just testament to the fact that he loves to mess with us.
But the creepiest of the two - without a doubt, although some people will disagree with me
- is the young Ralphie Glick visiting his brother Danny Glick after disappearing and
being bitten by the evil vampire overlord Barlow.
I say this proudly, ‘Salem’s Lot is one of my favourite horror stories of all time
- and Tobe Hooper’s 1979 TV miniseries is one of the most faithful adaptations of anything
- ever.
This scene cemented itself as one of my scariest horror moments as a kid.
Ralphie Glick - who up until this point is a complete mystery - and the first time we
see him, he’s scratching on a 2nd floor bedroom window with long vampiric nails.
Nah - no thank you.
And what does his brother Danny do?
Of course - he lets him in.
This was one of those moments where you either learn a lesson - or, well - get turned into
a vampire.
It made it so much more impactful then, when this scene was later recycled in the miniseries
- yet this time, our boy Mark Petrie knows what’s up.
You know why?
Because he was a faithful horror fan and he knew not to open your window to a floating
freaky vampire demon kid.
That’s why.
Coming in at Number 4 - Alice Spages - Alice, Sweet Alice
And first and foremost - if you haven’t seen this film already, then put it on your
to-watch list, because this is an undiscovered seventies slasher gem.
And really, this film is kind of a precursor to the whole - is this kid evil - is she innocent
- oh no she’s the spawn of satan kind of vibe.
And it lays those themes on pretty damn heavily.
Released in 1976 and directed by Alfred Sole - Alice, Sweet Alice was partly inspired by
Nichola’s Roeg’s awesome 1973 thriller Don’t Look Now - and the Hitchcockian dread
of a deeply unsettled child that no one really pays any heed to.
Bad move, guys.
Bad move.
And to be fair - the warning signs are pretty clear, but of course - everyone’s too caught
up with Alice’s sister Karen’s holy communion that they don’t realise that a demonic spawn
of evil was under their noses the entire time.
Like always - I don’t really want to spoil anything - but this film’s ambiguity is
what really seals the deal.
We know all along that Alice Spages is a pretty evil kid - that much is made clear incredibly
early on - but how evil?
Well, maybe she killed everyone - or maybe she didn’t - or maybe she was just pulling
the strings all along.
Also - she’s 12 years old.
What the hell.
Next up at Number 3 - Regan MacNeil - The Exorcist
Yeah - you knew she was gonna creep up at some point on this list - it’s pretty hard
not to when you’re the physical manifestation of Pazuzu himself contained in the body of
a 12-year old girl.
It’s easy to forget that Regan is a kid - you know, considering the fact that for
the majority of The Exorcist she’s pretty … aged - shall we say?
Incredibly blunt curse words - demonic abnormal strength - head rotating on a 360 degree angle
- yeah, not usually the physical attributes that you’d often associate with a child,
but - that’s why she makes this list, I guess.
From the first moment that Regan tells the astronaut he’s going to die in space - then
proceeds to urinate on the floor - we know that somethings up.
However, the reason that she’s only Number 3 on this list - is because we’ve got to
cut Linda Blair some slack.
Her character isn’t a creepy - kid - so to speak, although Blair’s performance in
the film is the stuff of horror legend.
We’ve gotta forgive the fact that she kind of didn’t have any choice in the matter
- she was possessed by the lord of all demons, after all - and ultimately she’s redeemed.
-- Or is she?
Swinging in at Number 2 - Damien Thorn - The Omen.
And - while we defended Regan MacNeil’s corner a little bit - we definitely can’t
do the same for this literal demonic hellspawn of a toddler - Damien Thorn, the prodigious
son of Lucifer himself.
And if I’m being honest, there are few cinematic child actors that managed to capture that
cold-dead eyed stare better than Harvey Spencer Stephens, a complete unknown at the time of
the 1976 release - considering the fact that he was, well - four years old.
The reason he got the part?
He punched director Richard Donner in the balls during an audition.
Yeah - maybe there really was something to it.
When you boil it down, The Omen really is a terrifying film.
Damien Thorn was born from a jackal - and he was switched with a baby born at the same
time as him of the American Ambassador Robert Thorn - after unbeknownst to him and his wife,
their own son was murdered while in the hospital.
And - that’s just the beginning.
Really - we could do an entire breakdown on what makes Damien Thorn creepy - but the real
proof is in the pudding.
It’s that cold, long dead gaze - that stares straight through your soul.
When you know, you just know.
Kid’s pure evil.
And finally - at our Number 1 spot - The Grady Twins - The Shining.
And remember that cold, dead stare that I was
talking about?
Yeah.
How about two of them?
And then how about a hallway full of blood and a brutal axe murder - and then a creepy
little chant.
Yeah, legitimately the most terrifying sequence in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror masterpiece
- The Shining.
Now, some people would stick Danny Torrance on this list, but no freaking way - that kid
is a genius - and the whole REDRUM thing wasn’t entirely his doing, it was the shining.
No - the real terror in this film is The Grady Twins.
And considering the fact that this pair have - what is essentially a walk on part in this
film - they sure made one hell of an impact.
This sequence really is the stuff of horror legend.
Danny on a tricycle, frantically peddling his way along the hallway - and then bam.
The Grady Twins.
You know what, I’m just going to play it again - because there’s not much more I
can say.
Well - there we have it folks.
Unfortunately, that’s all we’ve got time for in today’s video - cheers for sticking
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