Do the kids get to see the movie or what?
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These days, anything intended to be terrifying will be using special effects, with placeholders on set, such as a person in a black suit covered with ping-pong balls.
Each movie scene gets set up carefully, and the actor gets told in advance of what will happen. Even for something like “*You’re going to walk upstairs, hear a strange noise, and run back down in terror*”: a crew of people are watching you to make sure you’re okay, a guy follows you with a silly microphone boom, and the scary noise will only be added after filming.
Context is a big part of determining what’s scary or not. Some kids may still get scared, so the people working with them will use humor to defuse the situation. Consider how quickly the mood changes when you see Pennywise the Clown become clumsy and stub his toe.
But mostly still, [special effects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9xUl_Xmhtg) will limit what the actors see and hear firsthand.
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