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The Children (2008) 6.0
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents. Director:Tom Shankland |
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Elaine
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Jonah
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Elaine and Jonah and their children come to spend New Year with her sister Chloe and husband Robbie and their young family at their isolated country home. One by one the children ,after apparently being sick,become murderous in their actions,setting out to kill the adults,who have to resort to killing the youngsters to survive. Two adult survivors manage to drive off into the snowy countryside but their ordeal is not over. Written by don @ minifie-1
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christmas | evil child | joint | falling down a hill | nervous breakdown |Taglines:
You brought them into this world. Now ... They will take you out.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for disturbing bloody violent content, terror, language and brief drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 December 2008 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Deca See more »Filming Locations:
Cookhill Priory, Cookhill, Alcester, Warwickshire, England, UKBox Office
Opening Weekend:
£98,205 (UK) (5 December 2008)Gross:
£199,259 (UK) (12 December 2008)Company Credits
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Written by Eva Abraham / Andrew Waterworth (as Andy Waterworth)
Performed by Eva Abraham / Andrew Waterworth (as Andy Waterworth)
Published by Hamworth Music
Courtesy of Hamworth Music
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Was nominated for the 2009 Fright Meter Award for Best Horror Movie. See more »Goofs
When we see Casey smashing at the bedroom door it constantly rattles and shakes madly, but when we switch scenes to the other side of the door, with Elaine leaning on it, the door is not moving at all. See more »Soundtracks
"Aphrodisiac"Written by Eva Abraham / Andrew Waterworth (as Andy Waterworth)
Performed by Eva Abraham / Andrew Waterworth (as Andy Waterworth)
Published by Hamworth Music
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A worthy British Horror film that delivers, despite a low budget. The twist is the use of children both as the perpetrators, and victims, of killing. Largely a cinematic taboo. Director Tom Shankland ekes the maximum value out of a single setting, and small cast, wringing every ounce out of an interesting idea.
Two related smug middle class couples spend the new year in the English Countryside with their children when something makes "good children go bad". The rustling trees and undergrowth are very reminiscent of the Happening. The malevolent children reprising themes from "The Omen", "The Brood" and "Village of the Damned". Shankland creates some genuinely scary scenes as the children turn on their bewildered parents. But insufficient prior characterisation means that the viewer tends to be more irritated by the adults poor decision making, than be sympathetic to their plight. The gratuitous "blonde in underwear" shot shows that Shankland understands the demands of the genre well! A generally pacey 84 minute story has expired as the film draws to its close, but the final shot is still pretty chilling, is a fitting coda, and offers the opportunity of a sequel. The fact that what has happened is not explained is a bonus, rather than a source of frustration, and the blood and gore, particularly as it is delivered by children, stretches the 15 certification to its limits.
Sufficiently off beat, both in terms of location and content, to satisfy the Horror crowd, and potentially a minor Cult classic.