Though I don’t think most would initially classify the series as horror, it manages to be more unsettling than anything else I’ve seen that has been aimed at children. Enter Cartoon Network’s 2014 miniseries, Over the Garden Wall.
This insincerity makes me appreciate genuinely scary children’s media more. If I had to pin down why, I would say it all feels insincere to me. Art Courtesy of Cartoon Network and Patrick McHale Media like Freddy’s wants you to take its horror so seriously that, when you take a step back, all you can do is laugh. Though the Five Nights at Freddy’s series has earned its place in horror, there is little finesse or care put into its horror elements. It’s not as common anymore, but a few years ago you couldn’t enter an elementary school classroom without seeing a handful of Five Nights at Freddy’s themed backpacks and lunchboxes. These games were probably not originally made with children in mind, but whether intentional or not, this seems to be the series’ primary audience. On the opposite end of the spectrum is the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game series.
Though children have responded well to franchises like this, they aren’t really attempting to frighten anyone. Franchises like Scooby-Doo, the Addams Family, and Hotel Transylvania all use a horror aesthetic without attempting to scare their audience. Though this seems obvious and natural at first, it becomes ironic when you realize how much kids love horror.įamily entertainment has attempted to capitalize on this in a parent approved way for decades. In the west we have an aversion to scaring children that makes creating horror work aimed at a younger audience difficult. Posted on Decemby Evan Mullicane No Commentsįamily entertainment and horror are two genres that don’t seem to mix.
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