Mikey



Mikey is a film made in 1992 about a 9-year-old psychopath who longs for a loving family after being abused by his original family. When he feels that his foster families don't love him, he murders them or anyone else who makes him angry. The film started Brian Bonsall as the title character.

Tropes featured in this film include:

 * Abusive Parents: Mikey was abused by his biological parents, this is the reason why Mikey is such a little psycho.
 * Adults Are Useless: No one believes Ben and Jessie about Mikey's sociopathic behavior
 * Axe Crazy: Mikey
 * Banned In Britain: Because of the James Bulger murder at the time, this film never saw the light of day in the U.K.
 * Batter Up: Mikey's weapon against his dad.
 * Cassandra Truth
 * Character Title
 * Creepy Child: Mikey, with creepy drawings too.
 * Critical Psychoanalysis Failure: Possibly due to him being a very good actor but none of the doctors realize a thing.
 * Double Entendre: Everything Mikey says to Niel and Rachel in their introduction is a massive hint to what he did to his other set of parents.
 * Enfant Terrible: Again, Mikey.
 * Evil Orphan: Guess who.
 * Genre Blindness: For a man who claims to love horror movies, Mr. Jenkins isn't aware he's in one.
 * : "Are you going to be my new Mommy and Daddy?"
 * Hey It's That Guy: Great, now Ferris Bueller's dad has another bad kid to deal with!
 * I Just Want to Be Loved: Mikey's main motivation
 * KillTheKitten: Poor Rosie..
 * Kids Are Cruel:
 * Make It Look Like an Accident: Rosie's and David's deaths.
 * Male Gaze: Mikey certainly like to give Jessie a good looking...
 * Manipulative Bastard: Mikey.
 * Murder the Hypotenuse: The moment you knew Jessie had a boyfriend you knew he wouldn't last the film.
 * Obviously Evil: In the first five minutes of the film, Mikey kills his little sister and one set of parents.
 * Playing Against Type: Brian Bonsall as the title character
 * Recycled IN SPACE!: The film is like The Stepfather, but with a boy instead of a man.
 * Stalker With a Crush: Mikey towards Jessie, watching her undress, sneaking into her room, the usual.
 * Self Made Orphan:
 * Too Dumb to Live: Rachel, she sees
 * Mr. Jenkins sees
 * Totally Radical: They do actually say 'radical'.
 * Totally Radical: They do actually say 'radical'.