# LITTLE GIRLS as a horror cliche - please, please, end this already!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 30, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-as-a-horror-cliche-please-please-end-this-already/424545 "2007-10-30T05:32:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-as-a-horror-cliche-please-please-end-this-already/424545/21 "2007-10-31T11:22:46Z")

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“One, Two, Freddy’s coming for you…”

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-as-a-horror-cliche-please-please-end-this-already/424545/22 "2007-10-31T15:27:18Z")

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Aww, Baby Button Eyes…

I find children totally scary, but they have been overused lately. Horror phases are natural. The last few I can recall were slasher serials, then self-reflexive _Scream_ clones then remakes of Japanese horror. That last phase seems to be waning, though, so the OP may be in luck. Oh, and I loved _The Ring_ and _Hostel_ but hated _Saw_, so to each her own.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-as-a-horror-cliche-please-please-end-this-already/424545/23 "2007-10-31T21:13:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Antinor01]  
Sounds like what we really need are evil little zombie girls.  
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_Night of the Living Dead_ and the _Dawn of the Dead_ remake both used evil little zombie girls effectively.

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**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:** [October 31, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-as-a-horror-cliche-please-please-end-this-already/424545/24 "2007-10-31T22:29:12Z")

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She even showed up in _Vamp_ (which, unrelatedly, starred Grace Jones).

If you know the film, you can remember the scene.

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**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-as-a-horror-cliche-please-please-end-this-already/424545/25 "2007-10-31T23:50:22Z")

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And as of last nights feature at the multiplex, there was a little blood-soaked vampire girl in ‘30 days of night’. Although, now that I think about it, I’m not sure if that feature qualified as a horror flick. It was about as scary as a National Geographic.

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