18 Moments That Will Ruin Home Alone For You

by Andrew Pollard

1. Alone Again

Poor Kevin McAllister. Having had one of the most traumatic weeks of any 8-year-old in the history of cinema, he finally gets to have the warm fuzzy moment of his family returning just in time to make his Christmas a special one. The thing is, poor Kev is then left alone literally 2 minutes after the McAllisters return. If you go back and watch the film again, Kate, Peter and the rest of the kids all shoot off and leave Kevin alone once they realise that he€™s managed to keep the fridge stocked up on milk. Clearly they were all massively bothered about seeing Kevin that they decided that making a coffee was more important than spending some time with a son who is clearly traumatised after bad parenting led to him suffering one of the scariest things that could happen to an 8-year-old. With such attentive parenting, no wonder we€™d get Home Alone 2 a mere 2 years later. Do you agree with these problems of Home Alone or do you think John Hughes' 1990 movie is a flawless piece of festive fun for all the family? Take to the comments section to make your voice heard.
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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.