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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Martin Shakar | ... | John Freemont | |
| Gil Rogers | ... | Sheriff Billy Hart | |
| Gale Garnett | ... | Cathy Freemont | |
| Shannon Bolin | ... | Molly | |
| Tracy Griswold | ... | Deputy Harry Timmons | |
| Joy Glaccum | ... | Suzie MacKenzie | |
| Jeptha Evans | ... | Paul MacKenzie | |
| Clara Evans | ... | Jenny Freemont | |
| Sarah Albright | ... | Ellen Chandler | |
| Nathanael Albright | ... | Tommy Button | |
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Julie Carrier | ... | Janet Shore |
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Michelle La Mothe | ... | Dr. Joyce Gould (as Michelle LeMothe) |
| Edward Terry | ... | Hank | |
| Peter Maloney | ... | Frank | |
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Jessie Abrams | ... | Clarkie Freemont |
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A busload of children has disappeared from the quiet New England town of Ravensback, and Sheriff Billy Hart is on the case. A short while later, he manages to track down the kids, but unfortunately they seem to have been transformed into murderous zombies by a cloud of radioactive gas. How can he stop the killer tykes before they destroy the town? Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
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It only takes five to hold a town in TERROR... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
13 June 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Children of Ravensback See more »Filming Locations:
Muddy Brook Cemetery, Stony Brook Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA See more »Edit
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$400,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Sheriff Billy Hart: It's alright, Cathy.
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Clarkie is not heard screaming when he dies by Paul's hands. See more »Quotes
Cathy Freemont: I'm sorry Billy... I didn't mean to hurt you...Sheriff Billy Hart: It's alright, Cathy.
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I remember seeing the previews for this movie on TV when I was a kid back in the 80's. Funny thing is it always stuck with me and I had been wanting to see this movie ever since. Well, I recently went to a film festival of bad movies and The Children was one of them. I was very excited to see it. I was not disappointed. This movie is fast paced, and fun. Don't get me wrong, it is a bad movie, but a good, fun movie. What really helped the movie was the score, which was composed by Harry Manfredini who also scored that little old film Friday the 13th. So, the music helped to build some creepiness and suspense. The fact that the movie is about children who become toxic, zombie, killers makes it enjoyable on that level. Just watching the townsfolk trying to stop the children is a hoot. Rarely in films these days do we see children get dispatched on screen. That is something to enjoy. Not the fact that children are being killed but that it is a testament to how times have changed in movie-making.