
The Ten Best Kid Kills
Originally Posted in 2008
Featured Writers: Nick Nunziata, Devin Faraci, Russ Fischer, Alex Riviello, David Oliver
There are certain taboos that few filmmakers will breach. Killing kids is one of them. That’s why a good child murder remains one of the moments in any movie that will shock even the most jaded connoisseur of extreme exploitation.
Some of you reading this will believe that kid kills are beyond the pale, but remember – this is just acting and make-up. This list is the best fictional kid kills – you won’t see the Twilight Zone movie on this list. Adjust your outrage-meters accordingly and settle in for ten of the best minor murders ever committed to celluloid.

Day One
Choice Pullquote: “Kathy almost gets away from the bad guys, but when she goes back to complain that she got the wrong ice cream flavor – ‘I wanted Vanilla Twist!’ – she takes a silenced round to the chest.” – Devin Faraci

Day Two
Choice Pullquote: “It’s a shocking and violent moment that proves two things- kids are more trouble than they’re worth, and they don’t make men like David Warbeck anymore.” – Alex Riviello

Day Three
Choice Pullquote: “Little dude is pedaling, he fucks up, he falls. Luckily, he won’t have to brush off his pants and try to pedal through thick grass because his day is ending early. A steamroller powered by a comet [OF COURSE] arrives and drives over his face.” – Nick Nunziata

Day Four
Choice Pullquote: “Wong then throws a pre-teen piece of fois gras up on a table before lopping off her head as if he was auditioning for the Jean-Claude Dreyfus role in Delicatessen. We’re treated to an under-the-table shot of her noggin rolling off before a cascade of blood spills down.” – Russ Fischer

Day Five
Choice Pullquote: “This is it. The mother of all kid-killing movies.” – Alex Riviello

Bonus Round
Choice Pullquote: “And there’s no offscreen inferred action nor shocked looks only by the participants to indicate that something bad has happened. Piggy’s head is turned into a squish toy and laid out there – as Piggy was – for everyone to see.” – David Oliver

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10 comments
What is this shit?! U guys could at least post a link to the original article. What good does a bunch of random pics do me?! I wanna know what movie they're from, gimme a lil background info not a random quote out of context. Lazy.
Umm… why don't you try using the links? Be smart… they're very well hidden. Takes a truly smart mind to locate them…
I agree with the above poster, pull this lazy article.
I agree with #2 just click the link. But titles wouldn't hurt I guess.
You click the links, which are incredibly obvious, and you get the original posts. I don't understand the confusion or the issue. I assume it's one of stupidity.
I just watched "The Hunger" on Netflix Watch Instantly and there is a pretty disturbing kid kill in that movie. I wonder if it was considered for this list.
I don't find this kind of thing in a film entertaining at all. Repulsive is more like it. Killing a kid in a movie is twisted and gratuitous. Not on your list, and the worst I ever saw, was in the movie Enemy At the Gate in which a ten year old Russion boy who had been spying on the Nazi sniper is killed and his body hung from a lamp post. While we only see the boy in silhouette it is still vile and repulsive and ruined the whole movie for me. I turned off the movie Feast when early in the film a young boy is killed by the monsters just to achieve a cheap shock effect. Then there's the movie Rattlers which opens with two young boys hiking who fall into a rattlesnake nest. I turned that movie off in a hurry. Saying it's all just actors and makeup is like saying a rape scene in a movie shouldn't bother anyone because it's all just actors and makeup.
Goes to show this generation can't take much.
Imagine, I thought this list might be based upon the narrative and thematic relevance of the deaths of children. I was expecting to see things like "For a Few Dollars More," "Once Upon a Time in the West," and "Jaws." I must be crazy.
#7 & #9 lighten up.
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