A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.
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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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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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Jim: Yeah, and, uh, maybe they'll pay us overtime, eh? Look, those fatasses got no idea what's goin' on! Now if we go up there we're just gonna have to do this again, you wanna do this again?
Slim: Not on my time! Let's get a beer!
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The opening scene with the leak at the nuclear power plant wasn't in the original script. See more »Goofs
Molly running out to hug the children and her subsequent death should not have been heard over the CB as the mike button needs to be pressed in order to be heard, and even if she had the CB mike in her hand, it wouldn't have been able to stretch far enough to make it all the way to where the children were standing. See more »Quotes
Slim: Yeah, but maybe there really was a pressure drop...Jim: Yeah, and, uh, maybe they'll pay us overtime, eh? Look, those fatasses got no idea what's goin' on! Now if we go up there we're just gonna have to do this again, you wanna do this again?
Slim: Not on my time! Let's get a beer!
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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 »
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I wanted to see this movie in 1980 when it first came out and couldn't. When I saw that it was coming to DVD I got really excited. I finally watched it last weekend. I couldn't believe that I had waited 26 years to see such a bad movie. The premise is great-a radioactive cloud turns children into zombies, but the acting and directing bring the film down. Towards the end it just becomes silly. There was a little nudity and some gore. The effects are horrible. There wasn't a single scene that was scary. There is a "surprise ending", but any horror fan can see it coming a mile away. Overall the movie is a waste of time. I did chuckle when the pregnant lady lit a cigarette, patted her stomach and said "I'm sorry" to her unborn baby.