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Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (original title)

R 107 min  -  Horror | Mystery | Thriller  -   June 1978 (USA)
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A couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.

Writers:

Juan José Plans (novel), Narciso Ibáñez Serrador (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lewis Fiander Lewis Fiander ...
Tom
Prunella Ransome Prunella Ransome ...
Antonio Iranzo Antonio Iranzo ...
Father of Crying Girl
Miguel Narros Miguel Narros ...
Guardacostas 1
María Luisa Arias María Luisa Arias
Marisa Porcel Marisa Porcel
Juan Cazalilla Juan Cazalilla
Luis Ciges Luis Ciges ...
Enrique Amorós - the Postman
Antonio Canal Antonio Canal
Aparicio Rivero Aparicio Rivero
Fabián Conde Fabián Conde ...
Camera shop clerk
Andrès Gomez Andrès Gomez
Maria Druille Maria Druille ...
Child (Crying daughter)
Lourdes De La Camara Lourdes De La Camara ...
Child (Lourdes) (as Lourdes de la Cámara)
Roberto Nauta Roberto Nauta ...
Child
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Storyline

A couple of English tourists rent a boat to visit the fictitious island of Almanzora, just off the southern Spanish coast. When they arrive, they find the town deserted of adults, there's only children who don't speak but stare at them with eerie smiles. They soon discover that all the children of the island have been posessed by a mysterious force or madness which they can pass from one to another, and which makes them attack and murder their elders, who can't defend themselves because nobody dares to kill a child... Written by Pablo Montoya <mmontoyac@nexo.es>  

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Plot Keywords:

Island | Children | Boat | Murder | Spain  | See more »

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They don't know it yet, but their vacation paradise will be a nightmare See more »

Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

English | Spanish | German

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Les révoltés de l'an 2000 See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Penta Films See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Argentina: (Mar del Plata Film Festival)  | Australia:  | USA: (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Several sequences are homages to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, for example, the image of all the children in the island's village square ready to attack Tom and Evelyn, and the final escape from the island. See more »

Quotes

Evelyn: What did the man of the pension tell you?
Tom: Just that something strange had happened to the kids on the island.
Evelyn: Strange... But what?
Tom: I don't know. Some sort of madness. I can't understand this.
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References The Birds (1963) See more »