"Evil Child"

In class today we were asked to think of an “evil child” from a movie or T.V. clip. When we were first asked this I thought of horror films, where the child is corrupted, but other people in the class thought of movies that children were not necessarily evil, but mischievous in an innocent kind of way. The movies “Dennis the Menace” and “The Little Rascals” were very interesting examples of this. The little boys in the movies were all energetic, and curious. They got into trouble, as they were doing things they shouldn’t be doing, but not because they were "evil" but because they didn't know any better. This is the “kids will be kids” kind of notion. In both of the movies the boys’ parents are not really involved and they are able to do whatever they want, but they get in trouble by other adults. In these movies the children are viewed as bothersome to the adults. Maybe this is why children are seen as “evil”, but I think children need guidance and in these movies the children did not have that, which caused them to be annoying or “evil” to other adults.

``Dennis the Menace Trailer``

``The Little Rascals`` movie clip