Amerykański horror dziecięcy pod kuratelą dorosłych
American Children’s Horror under Adult Supervision

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns American children’s horror in relation to the young audience and to the adults: film critics, par- ents, and mature viewers. The audience of 1980s films and 1990s TV series is characterized as belonging to a particu- lar age group (tweens, that is: almost teenagers) and rep- resenting a specific type of pop culture consumption (Gary Cross wittily described modern kids as “naughty” grem- lin-like children). The presence of adults in the discourse on children’s horror is treated in the article as a creative obstacle. Children’s horror has repeatedly met with disfa- vour among adult commentators. The article is an attempt to enter the current of children’s horror research. More broadly, however, it falls within the scope of recent devel- opments in film studies, focused on ‘recovering’ the heri- tage of the American popular cinema of the 1980s as a cin- ema that values childhood and supports children’s agency.

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