2. Josh - Joshua (2007)
He is polite, well dressed, a genius and a talented pianist. But there is no way in hell you would want to be a parent to Josh. This psychopathic little turd is jealous of the birth of his baby sister and tries to throw her down some stairs in her pram. When this fails, he kills his grandmother instead. Josh's mother - Abby - is suffering from post natal depression and he enjoys making her life even more miserable than it already is by leaving broken glass for her to walk on and playing hide and seek with his baby sister. His father - Brad - realises Josh is seriously disturbed - murderously disturbed - and tries to negate the threat to his family by calling in a child psychologist and a stint in boarding school. Josh convinces the psychologist that he is being abused. Walking in the park with his dad, Josh goads his father into hitting him. This is concrete public 'proof' of his abuse and his dad goes off to jail. Josh is shown living happily with his uncle Ned - which is apparently what he wanted all along. Joshua is not the only psychopathic creepy kid on the list but he is the slyest and most clever. He ingeniously orchestrates the downfall of his parents, whom he despises for 'neglecting' and misunderstanding him. His father is very sporty but Josh is not and he knows that he is a disappointment to his father. His mother doesn't really give a toss about him. Josh is enraged that his talents haven't been celebrated. It is also essential to bear in mind that Josh's thinking is decades older than his age. So we have a scenario where a 10 year old child has absolute zero love for his parents which is really creepy and bizarre. If you were Josh's parent, your life would be slowly destroyed by the person you would least expect it from. Sod that for a game of soldiers.