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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Eva Birthistle | ... | Elaine | |
| Stephen Campbell Moore | ... | Jonah | |
| Jeremy Sheffield | ... | Robbie | |
| Rachel Shelley | ... | Chloe | |
| Hannah Tointon | ... | Casey | |
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Rafiella Brooks | ... | Leah |
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Jake Hathaway | ... | Nicky |
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William Howes | ... | Paulie |
| Eva Sayer | ... | Miranda | |
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Elaine and Jonah and their teenage daughter and young son and daughter, come to spend New Year with her sister Chloe and husband Robbie and their two young children at their isolated country home. One by one the children, after apparently being sick, become increasingly malevolent. Written by don @ minifie-1
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christmas | locked in a room | killer child | murder of father | hit by a car |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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UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
5 December 2008 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
As Crianças See more »Filming Locations:
Cookhill Priory, Cookhill, Alcester, Warwickshire, England, UKEdit
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Elaine: What?
Miranda: Be nice to Leah and Nicky
[grabs her leg splints]
Miranda: .
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Written by S. Reid / S. Alexander / C. Roberts / D. Warwick
Performed by Amino
Published by Spit Publishing UK limited
Courtesy of Spit Kingdom Records Limited
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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 »Quotes
Miranda: Bye-bye Mummy.Elaine: What?
Miranda: Be nice to Leah and Nicky
[grabs her leg splints]
Miranda: .
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Background RadiationWritten by S. Reid / S. Alexander / C. Roberts / D. Warwick
Performed by Amino
Published by Spit Publishing UK limited
Courtesy of Spit Kingdom Records Limited
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...it's the adults you have to feel sorry for here. 'The Children' is a horror movie about a couple of yuppie families, coming together to celebrate new year's eve in a nice, out-of-the-way mansion (one of those with no mobile phone signal just when you need them). After discussing the benefits of home-schooling their offspring and Chinese herbal medicine, the children of both families go nuts and start murdering their parents indiscriminately. Why? Um, we don't know. They just do.
It's actually quite good too. There is gore, but it's done well and not overused. The adults are pretty smug and it's quite fun when they get the smile wiped off their faces using a sledge and a climbing frame (you'll have to watch it to understand).
The first half of the film sets the second, more gruesome, half up quite nicely. The best part of The Children is the children. It was obviously difficult persuading a bunch of under ten year olds to act like Jason Voorhees, but they've managed it here (presumably without ending up psychologically damaging the poor kids for life). The kids are pretty damn creepy.
Some reviewers have pointed out that one of the film's flaws is that the baddies are kids. Just kids. No superpowers or anything, just kids. Therefore it shouldn't be that hard to subdue them. However, bear in mind that those being hunted are the children's parents, therefore they may find it hard to defend themselves against a little person they've spent their life bringing up.
The Children isn't a perfect movie, but if you like horror, you should find it fun.
Of course if the parents had done what the rest of us adults do when our kids get out of hand, i.e. put on Cbeebies at the first sign of unrest, then none of the bad stuff in the film would have happened. All hail Peppa Pig. This film is the best advert for birth control you'll ever see.
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