# How many movies we can name where a main character is some creepy, weird, little kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804 "2005-04-23T22:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/1 "2005-04-23T22:35:46Z")
The Shining. The Omen and all of it’s sequels. The Good Son. The Ring and 2. Pet Sematary. Poltergeist. Hide and Seek. The Bogeyman. The Sixth Sense. Add your own as you can think of them. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/2 "2005-04-23T22:36:19Z")
Home Alone 1 & 2 ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/3 "2005-04-23T22:39:02Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Home Alone 1 & 2 Thank you for that. Now will come clean my computer monitor for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/4 "2005-04-23T22:44:15Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > Thank you for that. Now will come clean my computer monitor for me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/5 "2005-04-23T22:44:51Z")
Pet Cemetary ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/6 "2005-04-23T22:46:04Z")
> [@The Unkempt One](#): > > Pet Cemetary Err…guess you mentioned that one already… ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/7 "2005-04-23T22:46:57Z")
The Exorcist ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/8 "2005-04-23T22:47:11Z")
E.T. Of course, that’s a matter of opinion… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/9 "2005-04-23T22:51:33Z")
Donnie Darko ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/10 "2005-04-23T23:01:17Z")
There are also Village of the Damned and Children of the Corn. Lots of creepy little kids. ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/11 "2005-04-23T23:02:50Z")
[The Tin Drum](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078875/) (_Die Blechtrommel_, 1979). ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/12 "2005-04-23T23:10:41Z")
[The Bad Seed](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048977/). ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/13 "2005-04-23T23:11:35Z")
The Bad Seed. “Rhoooda!” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/14 "2005-04-23T23:20:49Z")
The Other (based on the Tom Tryon novel) – was The Good Son derived from that book too? Loosely? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/15 "2005-04-23T23:35:07Z")
_The Ring_. \*The Ring II \* doesn’t count, it isn’t a real movie… ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/16 "2005-04-23T23:44:18Z")
I would mention Wednesday from the Addams Family movies, but her attempts at creepy were, at least in my opinion, meant to generate laughs. Which reminds me. I have _got_ to rent _Prozac Nation_. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/17 "2005-04-24T00:25:50Z")
Just wanna be picky for a second. The main character of Omen III is not the little kid, it’s the little kid grown up into an adult. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@The\_Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hook)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/18 "2005-04-24T03:40:29Z")
Any movie starring Adam Sandler. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/19 "2005-04-24T04:21:55Z")
_Problem Child_ 1 & 2 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804/20 "2005-04-24T04:41:53Z")
All of you are going for the slow learners, apparently. [It’s Alive.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071675) (1974) and it’s sequels. Also, the eponymous _Garp_ and _Pixote._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-we-can-name-where-a-main-character-is-some-creepy-weird-little-kid/300804.md?page=2)