![]() ![]() ![]() Horror content has fascinated children since the early cinema. “Digilore” and children’s own horror culture is a rich combination of oral, audio-visual and other media traditions Augmenting children’s media skills and knowledge about film narration and genres also helps them to recognize what is best for them and how to protect oneself from content that one feels is unsuitable. ![]() These kinds of genre elements also enhance children’s media skills and help them to become more film literate. Filmmakers trust that children have enough film literacy competences that they can read the conventions and references to understand the film and put them into perspective. Even a film targeted to the youngest children Postman Pat – the Movie (2014) includes horror elements and the villain of the story is a classical horror movie monster. This is especially the case in animation Monster’s inc. (2001) and Monsters’s inc 2 (2013), Hotel Transylvania (2012) and Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), just to name few examples. Isn’t this what happens when children are exposed to horror content? Shouldn’t we protect them from all of it at all costs?ĭespite the on-going debate around the topic, films and other media content aimed for young audiences, even for small children, seem to take more and more influences from the horror film culture and horror conventions. Danish superhero film for children Antboy – an example for exquisite children’s art house filmĪ child scared to death, a child too afraid to sleep, a child having nightmares, worrying and angry parents. ![]()
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