When Innocence Kills

A thumbnail for an upcoming video on my Youtube channel, The Corvid Files. Titled “When Innocence Kills: Horror’s Most Deceptive Villains”, the video explores why this trope works so well, what it reveals about our fear of the “unthreatening,” and how writers can use subverted innocence to make their fiction unforgettable. Horror doesn’t need claws or shadows to scare you. Sometimes, all it needs is a smile you should trust, and a reason you don’t.