Grimm Realities

As far as the theme of creepy nursery rhymes goes, it seems children and youth involved in horror makes it more creepy. I am not sure what does it, but nothing is creepier than the little girl singing a nursery rhyme about cutting out hearts. One of my theories is that we associate children and our childhoods with happiness and innocence, and when that is turned completely upside-down it sparks a deep fear inside of us. In describing the eerie nursery rhyme of the Gentlemen, Bridges says "the verse is accompanied by eerie music box tones and delivered by a small, blonde girl with a blank stare and a sing-songy voice..." (Bridges 101). Again, the small girl, sing-songy voice and music box are all symbols of innocence, but yet are scarier than any creeper around.