Trope: Creepy Child

Where a child is invariably creepy in some odd way, usually because the adult writers cannot fathom a child being anything other than a device to make something spookier. Usually they don’t have any emotions, or if they do, it’s anger. You usually see weird terrifying drawings, or the child will interact with a spirit.

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