Why are creepy little girls so god damned scary? Whole multimillion-dollar movie and video game series have been successfully built on this premise but does anyone know why it works so well?

It's the ultimate juxtaposition. There is nothing as innocent, sweet and safe as a little girl. Little girls are usually cute and pretty and lovely. Make them scary and you're changing things so much that it's completely different to our normal world. You get not just fear, but confusion too, which just heightens the fear another notch.

It's all about how much the film and game makers can bend your brain, and a scary little girl is a pretty big bend.

*cinema *horrorshow *comedy

Yikes, it is Alma!

They should had used the idea of the twin girls from The Shining movie.

Adding video to channels (Cinema, Horrorshow) - requested by ant.

I wonder what the last woman was going to do if they hadn't have stepped out.

I love how the cleaning lady just stares at her as if thinking, "Ugh, not you again."

Beat me too it! I was just gonna embed this. Very good clip!

>> ^robbersdog49:

It's the ultimate juxtaposition. There is nothing as innocent, sweet and safe as a little girl. Little girls are usually cute and pretty and lovely. Make them scary and you're changing things so much that it's completely different to our normal world. You get not just fear, but confusion too, which just heightens the fear another notch.
It's all about how much the film and game makers can bend your brain, and a scary little girl is a pretty big bend.


Exactly. It's the reason why The Exorcist is widely considered the scariest movie of all time. Plus it has vomit.

Looked like she was going for a bull rush or hippo charge. Her fight or flight extinct was apparently to do a little of both, straight into the perceived danger.

>> ^L0cky:

I wonder what the last woman was going to do if they hadn't have stepped out.

I like how they had to console her after the last lady..
"Don't worry, Alma.. it's just an undead, harpy siren. Now close your eyes and count to three.. we both know she'll be banished back to the nether by then."

My youngest daughter is just the right age/height and has hair long enough to do this... hmmm...

When I do this people don't scream, they just call me a puto. Little girls get ALL the fun. It's not fair.

Suspension of disbelief is the most difficult achievement to pull-off for any screenwriter or director. This formula needs very few new tweaks to work again and again, thanks to Stanley Kubrick.
God rest his dark soul, he made me piss my jammies while the babysitter was on the phone with his boyfriend.

>> ^antonye:

My youngest daughter is just the right age/height and has hair long enough to do this... hmmm...


Doooo IT!

I never found little girls scary. If I saw this, I'd probably be concerned that a little girl was standing in the hallway by herself and that's about it.

>> ^robbersdog49:
There is nothing as innocent, sweet and safe as a little girl. Little girls are usually cute and pretty and lovely.

Just so you know, this can be taken horribly out of context.