The ChildrenDirector: Tom Shankland
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley & Hannah Tointon
Genre: Horror
Rated: UK 18 (so I'm assuming R)
Tag line: You brought them into this world. Now ... They will take you out.
Amazon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
My Rating: 4 stars
Plot: On Christmas vacation, a family of children begin to turn on their parents. A simple way of describing it would be think Children of the Corn meets 28 Days Later, only without the zombies.
Review: I don't think a movie I liked could irritate me so much like T
he Children did. It starts off rather relaxing, a lot of whispering which made the film hard to hear at times, but it did pick up as it progressed due to the fact that we had to higher the sound and children started screaming (which was the irritating part).
Taking much from what I saw on the Internet, I already knew the plot to the film, the children were going to kill the adults not unlike something out of Stephen King. But wait! There's a twist. And what a twist it is because the children aren't consciously killing the adults but are motivated by a symptom of their disease. Each child gets sick, and it appears the older they are the longer it takes before their immunity breaks down and they go psychotic on their elders.
What looked like an isolated incident turned out to be wide spread when a carefully planned "accident" leaves on father dead and a pregnant mother screaming in pain as her leg snaps, bone tearing through her flesh. There comes a time when you have to start to wonder why aren't t
hese parents reacting to any of the strangeness that is happening with their children.
Even though the movie leaves you on the edge of your seat, and in some cases completely annoyed by the fact that you have no idea what the virus is or where it came from, or if it's even the "real" reason why the children are revolting, the acting, the story the suspense is all perfect - no Hollywood cliches here! It's a must watch, one that you will remember in the weeks to come.
he Children did. It starts off rather relaxing, a lot of whispering which made the film hard to hear at times, but it did pick up as it progressed due to the fact that we had to higher the sound and children started screaming (which was the irritating part).Taking much from what I saw on the Internet, I already knew the plot to the film, the children were going to kill the adults not unlike something out of Stephen King. But wait! There's a twist. And what a twist it is because the children aren't consciously killing the adults but are motivated by a symptom of their disease. Each child gets sick, and it appears the older they are the longer it takes before their immunity breaks down and they go psychotic on their elders.
What looked like an isolated incident turned out to be wide spread when a carefully planned "accident" leaves on father dead and a pregnant mother screaming in pain as her leg snaps, bone tearing through her flesh. There comes a time when you have to start to wonder why aren't t
hese parents reacting to any of the strangeness that is happening with their children.Even though the movie leaves you on the edge of your seat, and in some cases completely annoyed by the fact that you have no idea what the virus is or where it came from, or if it's even the "real" reason why the children are revolting, the acting, the story the suspense is all perfect - no Hollywood cliches here! It's a must watch, one that you will remember in the weeks to come.
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