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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 | |
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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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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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The Children, made in the same year as Friday the 13th, has the same composer as Friday the 13th, so the films' scores sound similar. See more »Goofs
Clarkie is not heard screaming when he dies by Paul's hands. See more »Crazy Credits
No music is played over the credits. See more »Alternate Versions
The Vinegar Syndrome release of this film features an additional scene set in a diner in which the sheriff speaks to a waitress at said diner. See more »On IMDb Freedive, you can catch Hollywood hits and popular TV series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free!
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This is one of those movies that is like an idiot step-child--it's totally moronic but still strangely hard to dislike. When so many horror movies are so transparently and unimaginatively exploitative, it's refreshing to see a movie so ludicrous and completely off-the-wall that god only knows WHAT it's trying to exploit. Is it trying to prey on every parent's fear that their lovable moppets will turn into radioactive zombies? Is it trying to make an environmental statement about how nuclear waste will turn children's fingernails black and make them kill every adult they touch? Is it trying to impress the gorehounds with its incredible special effects (i.e. dry ice and black fingernail polish)? Someone ought to put this movie, "The Carrier" (1987), and "The Pit" (1982)all on a single DVD compilation and call it "WHAT THE HELL?!..." or something like that. I'd definitely buy it.