how do they avoid traumatizing the child actors in horror movies?

Question

Do the kids get to see the movie or what?

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Answer 1

Sometimes they can’t. There’s a 1992 film called Bram Stoker’s Dracula where Dracula’s victim (Lucy) carries a baby into her tomb. In that scene, Lucy, now a vampire, is covered in white makeup and holding a crying baby.

Apparently the baby was crying due to how traumatizing Lucy looked like and the actress during filming was trying her best to soothe the child to bo avail. The director loved it and kept the scene.

I don’t know about you. But if I saw Lucy like that as a child, I would also cry.