The When it comes to nature in horror, some of the most precious, innocent and beloved creatures

on this earth can turn against us. Perhaps the ultimate examples of this are films

about killer children.

Creepy kids have long been a staple in the horror genre and of course it's easy to see why

there's something strangely uncanny about killer children in films they should be

harmless and innocent and when they're not, when they're the monster that

must be killed or defeated, it creates a unique kind of discomfort and terror.

In 1976, Spanish Director Narseso Serador tackled this subject head on with his brilliantly titled

movie Who Can Kill a Child. Similar themes were explored in Tom Shanklin's 2008 movie, The Children.

Both films raised the uncomfortable hypothetical question that none of us ever want to confront. If children suddenly turned on us

and we had to resort to violence to survive, could we kill a child? Join me as we can hear Could We Ked Classics, The Children and Who Can Kill a Child.

Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Muncer and as ever I am your

host. In this podcast we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror

genre one sub-genre at a time.

We are currently in the middle of our 10th season exploring the evolution of nature biting

back in horror and this is part 14. In this week's episode as that intro suggested we're

going to be looking at two particularly nasty films about killer kids who can

kill a child from 1976 and The Children from 2008?

Both of these discussions will be spoilerific.

Give them both a watch if you can before you listen to our discussion.

So joining me to discuss this week's movies, a very long time friend of the pod.

In fact, she's been here basically since the very beginning,

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