Top Ten List
A ranked list of movies about dangerous children places The Exorcist first, The Shining second, Orphan third, We Need to Talk About Kevin fourth, The Omen fifth, The Bad Seed sixth, The Good Son seventh, Brightburn eighth, Late Night with the Devil ninth, and Village of the Damned tenth.
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- The segment is introduced as a top-ten list of movies in which something is wrong with a child.
- Village of the Damned is number ten, covering both the 1960 film and the 1995 remake.
- Late Night with the Devil is number nine for its possessed girl on live television.
- Brightburn is number eight and is described as an evil-Superman premise.
- The Good Son is number seven.
- The Bad Seed is number six and is identified as a major influence on The Good Son.
- The Omen is number five.
- We Need to Talk About Kevin is number four, ahead of The Omen.
- Orphan is number three.
- The Shining is number two, with Danny initially framed as a possible source of danger.
- The Exorcist is number one for the observed Reagan.
- Children of the Corn and Mikey are proposed as omissions after the ranked ten.