Films with Psycho Killer Kids
Trick ‘r Treat (2007)
Dir: Michael Dougherty
Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes
Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.
Battle Royale (2000)
Dir: Kinji Fukasaku
Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Takeshi Kitano
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary “Battle Royale” act.
Hanna (2011)
Dir: Joe Wright
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps
A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
Orphan (2009)
Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a nine year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.
Case 39 (2009)
Dir: Christian Alvart
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Ian McShane, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper
A social worker fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected.
Joshua (2007)
Dir: George Ratliff
Stars: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan, Celia Weston
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua (Kogan), an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
The Daisy Chain (2008)
Dir: Aisling Walsh
Stars: Samantha Morton, Steven Mackintosh, Mhairi Anderson, David Bradley
A grieving couple move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter’s death. They soon take in an orphaned autistic girl, only to become involved in a series of strange occurrences.
