I was 12 when this came out. I well remember -- because of indoctrination at home and in church -- how scary movies like this were to me. They were created by Hollywood/Communists/Satan in a deliberate bid to defile and destroy young souls like mine. Any theater where they played was the antechamber of hell, and what awaited behind that blue velvet curtain was scarier than any haunted house could ever be. That went for everything from "Little Darlings" and "10" to "Prophecy" and "The Amityville Horror." I specifically remember how bitterly disappointed I was, like divorced dad "Pete," that sweet Tatum O'Neal had been corrupted into making a movie like this. (Kristy McNichol was already a lost cause since she was on "Family," a TV series my parents forbade me to watch.)
Now, having been reminded of all this, I'm eager to finally see "Little Darlings" and shake my head at everything I was taught to be afraid of as a kid. And I'm also reminded, depressingly, of how little has changed in the realm of fearmongering over the past four decades.
Some of "Little Darlings" was filmed at a 4-H camp in central Georgia. I attended the camp in 1984 and the staff mentioned at least once a day that part of the movie was filmed there.
I feel like this post got lost in a bunch of other releases, and the news cycle that week. Are we getting back to this feature? (“80s in 40”). Seems like a great idea and was looking forward to it.
I was 12 when this came out. I well remember -- because of indoctrination at home and in church -- how scary movies like this were to me. They were created by Hollywood/Communists/Satan in a deliberate bid to defile and destroy young souls like mine. Any theater where they played was the antechamber of hell, and what awaited behind that blue velvet curtain was scarier than any haunted house could ever be. That went for everything from "Little Darlings" and "10" to "Prophecy" and "The Amityville Horror." I specifically remember how bitterly disappointed I was, like divorced dad "Pete," that sweet Tatum O'Neal had been corrupted into making a movie like this. (Kristy McNichol was already a lost cause since she was on "Family," a TV series my parents forbade me to watch.)
Now, having been reminded of all this, I'm eager to finally see "Little Darlings" and shake my head at everything I was taught to be afraid of as a kid. And I'm also reminded, depressingly, of how little has changed in the realm of fearmongering over the past four decades.
Some of "Little Darlings" was filmed at a 4-H camp in central Georgia. I attended the camp in 1984 and the staff mentioned at least once a day that part of the movie was filmed there.
I feel like this post got lost in a bunch of other releases, and the news cycle that week. Are we getting back to this feature? (“80s in 40”). Seems like a great idea and was looking forward to it.