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A little history on this.
The concept of the "Evil Baby" or "Bad Seed" child stems mostly from the films of the 60s and early 70s, (It's Alive, Rosemary's Baby, The Omen, etc).
This stems from a drug called Thaliodomide.
In the late 50s the drug was introduced as an anti-nausea drug. It was extremely effective. So much so that doctors began to prescribe it for morning sickness.
Then the birth defects started.
These defects were centered in Europe. The United States lucked out on this because FDA inspector Frances Oldham Kelsey would not approve the drug until further testing was done. She received the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for having the foresight to block the drug.
It was at this time that the horror baby/child movies began. The idea of something being inherently wrong with a baby or child was an amplified fear in the mind of the public that this genre was able to tap into.
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