Hollywood has explored every kind of monster — including the monster child. There are more movies about kids turning into monsters than you might think. And two film critics, Julian Cornell, a professor of cinema studies at NYU film school, and Owen Gleiberman, a film critic for Entertainment Weekly, tell us why. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
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