Scary stories for kids: Gremlins and the terror of normal, even cute, things becoming horrific

By Louis Bayman, Associate Professor in Department of Film Studies, University of Southampton

Horror has always helped us establish the boundaries of acceptability by giving a name and shape to what transgresses them. Much of what constitutes horror stems from childhood, a time when boundaries and ideas of transgression are first being set.

Children can often encounter the world as a frightening place, full of unseen, mysterious powers. Any child who has been told that the monsters under the bed aren’t real knows just how little that reassurance helps their very real sense…

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