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

Children are amazingly resilient and the ones who are actually traumatized by something fictional are rare. Child actors tend to have to be more mature than their nonacting counterparts. Also, making a movie is very different than watching one. A child may be immersed in the scene but have no idea how that pertains to the bigger picture. Consider that the scariest parts of many movies is the anticipation. They don’t have to deal with that.