More Deaths in Animated Children’s Films than Dramatic Films for Adults
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Flying Colours Ltd/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Animated films meant for children feature more on-screen deaths than ever before, a new study found.
In a study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers analyzed the 45 animated films with the highest gross revenue from 1937 to 2013. Ranging from Snow White to Frozen, researchers compared, year-to-year, the films to the two highest-grossing non-children films.
Researchers then adjusted for run time and years since release, and found that children’s animated films feature 2.5 times as many deaths as the non-children films.
Researchers also suggest that parents may want to watch movies with their children, “in the event that the children need emotional support after witnessing the inevitable horrors that will unfold.”
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