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Miko Hughes is the second most nerve grating child ever on screen.


I am watching this now. I will admit to loving this film because it is the most creative of the franchise (if you choose to fit it in). My one and only problem:

Miko Hughes is the second most nerve grating child to ever have sucked air on this planet (only because The Shining's Courtland Mead takes the number one spot). But Miko's attempt's at being possessed or evil in any way makes him come off as an annoying brat. I wish they could have found someone better for the role. His very presence makes me want to hate a movie I love. I kept rooting for the cars on the freeway.

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After Jaden Smith in The Earth Stood Still.

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I have always found Miko Hughes to be a very talented child, artguylarry. He is quite expressive. The problem is not with the boy but his character. Dylan is highly underdeveloped and rather withdrawn. If Heather's son had more depth, then the little actor would have something to show. Miko Hughes just hasn't been given enough to work with in this movie, which is not his fault.

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Yeah, I hate Dylan but it’s the writing. He’s always so morose. He doesn’t feel real at all. He doesn’t even seem to like his mother until the end. Never smiles or laughs or acts like a little kid. Always just the cliche creepy kid.

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Thank you, vilafire. Your description of Dylan raises questions. Since the boy has major emotional problems and Heather has been struggling with separating Robert from Freddy for a while, I wonder how long these things have been happening. Obviously, Freddy uses a vulnerable child to easily reenter the world, but has the issue started with Dylan or his mother? The son has existed for at least five years, but Heather makes it sound as though he's new on the talk show. She seemingly has never been able to determine what is safe for her child, who still has a bedroom on the first floor while his parents sleep on the second one. The interviewer asks an inappropriate question about Robert, but instead of quelling it, Heather admits that she doesn't have the answer after all of this time. Perhaps Freddy originally preys on Heather and her son senses her danger even if the monster is unsuccessful. This would explain why Dylan is afraid of his mother leaving the house and his fear of going to bed, not just sleep. It would also account for the boy's excitement over violent fairy tales. He wants the demon in his life to be fought and killed. His psychological state might not be his personality but from trauma.

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I remember really hating that one kid in The Babadook

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I see your annoying kids from New Nightmare and The Shining. And raise you 1 BOB from House by the Cemetery

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