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Now this was awesome a british family is celebrating Christmas. It is suposed to be the happiest time of the year. But when their is a mysterious flu going around. The children are doing anything but spreading good chear. They are getting sicker by the second both mentally and phisically they are becoming violent and h...ostile to their parrents. Looking for a scapegoat they blame the eldest of the children. A seventeen year old girl who is not a girl but not yet a woman. The young lady is in holliday hell as she doesnt fit in with her family and is taking the blame for for her siblings and cousins horrifing behaviour. Including a horrificly gory sledding crash that leaves her uncle needing medical attention. Everyone is pegging her for a blacksheep when they should be watching the actual children, who are as crafty and as manipulative as they get. They have the wits of Kevin MacCalister and the soul of Damion Thorn. I really thought that this was a creepy and well made movie. I wish more people new about it. I was really blown away by the uncertain cross road that the film ends on. Becouse it really foreshadows that the worst is yet to come for the surviving characters. Absolutely stunning and bonechilling, a holliday horror classic for those who know about this film. 7/10
Posted By: ApX-Wingman at 10:29am, November 12, 2009
I watched this last night and I must say that I did not like this movie at all. They never really explained what was happening to the children that made them turn on the adults like that. There was not much gore in the actually movie and I think that the killings happened to quickly. Some parts of the movie was creepy especially when the kids were staring at the adults, I personally find that creepy. Overall I would not recommend this movie
ENTERTAINING!! kinda cheap but also makes yah kinda wonder what the heck is going on here!! ..due to the fact its not a remake and a pretty unusual plot ... watch it
These Children wont be getting anything for Christmas this year. FANTASTIC little Story, good acting, great camera work & editing, The Children is a cut above across the board. Wonderful imagery and Hitchcock like suspense keeps you glued until the very end. The best thing about this film is its simplicity. Things aren't over explained. True horror is leaving things to the imagination. More films like this please.
I don't normally comment on other reviews, but the negative feedback of this movie on this site is rubbish. The complaints of annoying screaming children? Sorry..if you have sick & frightened children, there will be ungodly screams, and chaos will ensue.
A very solid film with good acting, creepy fucking kids (especially the first one), decent violence, a great build up, and a great finish.
My only real complaints are I wish there was more violence and I wanted to see that tasty teenage hussy in a skimpier outfit... and possibly naked. Other than that, this film is a home run. =D
After seeing BD gives this movie 9/10, I was very excited about seeing it. Who doesn't want to see killer kids right ? After wacthing it tonight i can say "i don't". While the concept of the plot was intriguing the overall product was awful. Besides the endless whining of the kids , several parts of the movie make 100% no sense. The movie is just everywhere. I know the director wanted us to feel for the parents in their dilema, but it just didnt work. I did like the sequence of the actions shots and 2 of the death scenes were well done. But overall I don't recommend this movie.
Posted By: bunnyracer420 at 6:06pm, October 27, 2009
Crap! had a headache after this movie...so unless u love the sound of screaming children..this movie is not for you. Little bloody..but overall Crap.
Posted By: nightbreed666 at 5:08pm, October 26, 2009
hated this movie all the crying and sceaming kids made my head hurt and least tells us what wrong with the kid's. I think it could of been good but over all for me why to much prise.
This was a fucked up little movie. This was really good considering it was a ghost house underground film. The kids were terrifying and by the end I questioned ever wanting children... Congrats!
Let me start by saying that lately BD has let me down on some of its reviews about movies that people said were amazing and I thought were just ok. Now The Children is not one of those movies. This movie was great. Its very suspensful and has you wondering anxiouly whats going to happen next. I also felt the characters pain in a way because I was getting so annoyed and frustrated at certain things along with her. And I can say I hated those kids and thats why I felt so dragged into the movie. But the suspense was great and that would also be one of the reasons I really enjoyed this movie. Def check this movie out.
First off, to compare this movie with "Eden Lake" doesn't make much sense to me at all. Both , in my opinion, are great movies but very different. Except for the fact that kids are the enemy in both movies I don.t see the similarity. This movie has a supernatural element that was absent in "Eden". There is an underline tension in this film that is rarely done so well. You feel increasingly uneasy as the movie unravels. It raises great questions that, if you have children or family you care about, would be extremely difficult to answer. I wasn't very impressed with his last film " The Killing Gene" but if this movie in any indication of whats to come, I'm excited to see whats next from director Tom Shankland. I highly recommend this film.
Posted By: Faminepulse at 4:20am, October 21, 2009
I enjoyed this movie. It was interesting seeing children getting killed, since that's rare in American movies at least. I liked the way the deaths were handled, too. They didn't go around killing tons of kids like it was a zombie movie. That would have ended up just being hilarious. Each death took an emotional toll on the people forced to do the killing. They didn't want to kill them, they're kids and they are family after all. Good amount of gore. Not too much, but there's definitely some in there.
Posted By: xXFacelessXx at 12:14am, October 21, 2009
I rented this movie on a recommendation from a close buddy of mine and he said it was brutal and a lot of fun, me being the pessimistic type I didn't believe him, but knowing that this involved children (I also had an idea of what this was going to be like), and that the U.S. frowned upon movies that took such pride in children killing kind of added a spark to this movie...holy fuck. First things first, I love the british accent, I love the fluency, the proper structure it holds and the way it sounds, it sold the movie for me, I am really attracted to that accent. But onto the movie.
The Children wasn't what I thought it was going to be in such a sense of the brutality behind it, it made me want to watch the children die because they were so annoying and so "innocent" to the parents that apparently death didn't phase them for the sake of these little rats. The plot behind why all of this occured and how it remained unknown made it interesting. The kills were unique, and the scene of the snow covering up the blood had some really nice symbolism to it. I was kept on my toes during this, not knowing what the kids had planned and the quick flash scenes had me spooked. The film was a lot more graphic than expected as well and the way these children dies were awesome and had us all cheering because we developed a hate for them.
It made me think twice about wanting kids but all in good fun as this movie grips and flows freely, and with no regard to child deaths (thank god) it was a little refreshing (in an unfortunate sense)to witness it actually happening. I am definately going to pick this up on DVD to own this weekend.
Worst child actors ever! lol, man i wanted to shut this off so many times when the kids kept whining. This movie had some potential like previously stated, but this movie is a failure.
Posted By: civilmaggot at 2:32pm, October 12, 2009
Awesome. Nuff said.
Posted By: unkordinated at 9:03am, October 12, 2009
i usually agree with the movie reviews here but REALLY!? 4.5 stars? Thats seriously fucked up. I had the worst day ever yesterday...decided HEY if i'm celebrating my birthday alone atleast I'll have my bowl, 12 pack of bud, and a good gorey movie. Oh except the last part was a fucking bust. The movie took FOREVER to get started, some of the kids were really bad actors (the little blonde girl was horrible) and the gore was miniscule. I liked the ending but really...4.5 stars? fuck you.
This movie had great potential, but ultimately chickened out. The acting is pretty good, even the kids most of the time, but the children aren't all that scary. Some of the scenes played out a bit strange and the script felt lacking.
cant believe people downed eden lake over this this movie is crap i mean hell its well acted and the rebel teen is pretty hot but the story is boring it doesnt draw me in in fact every second it goes by makes me wonder when the hell its going to end.... i hate kids enough and dont want to sit through a movie with a bunch of autistic children screaming and yelling for 90 minutes..... ill not watch this again nor will i recommend it
I was surprised at how good this was. I did not expect it to live up to the hype it had been getting but was very surprised. The special effects were stellar. Looked amazing on Blu Ray.
I must have seen a different movie then. the killer children acted their parts really well, but the parents sucked ass. Really? Aside from the first death (don't want to put in any spoilers) how did everyone keep falling into those kid's traps? As adults they should have had better control over those kids. Bad parenting at its finest IMO.
fucking great another movie that makes me hate to have kids. First it was joshua, then grace, then this...and those other kids movies. But this one takes the cake as the most disturbing film ever. It was pretty amazing too. Really creeps you to the core, and the ending was fucked too.
Loved how they pushed the envelope with this film. Scary, unrelenting and a film that freezes you to the bone.
Posted By: horrorbuff28 at 4:23pm, October 8, 2009
Dont let your eyes fool you, the children may seem cute and adorable but beyond that, the children are evil and sick. This movie was really scary. The children were extremely creepy. this movie was made with so much skill. i recommend it to anyone looking for a scary children splatter fest.
Posted By: Ebbemonster at 12:54pm, October 7, 2009
I can see that there are tons of great reviews for this movie, but I couldn't disagree more!
I went into watching this movie expecting a descent horror movie, but ended up wanting to turn off the movie several times.
Ok, so some parents and their children go to a house to celebrate the holidays. One kid is acting sick and weird, and this sickness is passed on to the other children one by one. The children then start doing meaner and meaner things, till really bad things start happening.
Sound fine, right? Only problem is that the child-actors are really bad, and in no way believable and scary. This is probably the same level of acting that is seen in the original Children of the Corn.
The parents behavior is highly unbelievable, even when they realize that the children are evil. At any time in the movie I felt that the parents should just grab the children at beat them up or lock them in a room. It is not like they are evil critters that are fast and bite hard or anything like that. That parents are just unbelievably dumb, which makes the movie fail hard!
Eden Lake is a WAY more believable movie that this one, so check that out instead. Also Children of the Corn is better and scarier, though it is a B-movie at their worst.
If you are annoyed by terrible child acting and irrational parents you should ship this one!
This was an very atmospheric, unsettling, brooding and brutal little chiller that will have you gasping for air at the end of it. From the moment it started you get the sense of dread throughout knowing something bad is going to boil over and it had me biting my finger nails in fear, it definitely knows how to build up suspense. The acting was pretty well done especially when the insanity kicks in, I was rooting for the good guys at the edge of my seat and though it wasn't overly bloody when it did get violent it was harsh and brutal. I thought the ending though abrupt was very creepy and shocking and horrifying but I do think they should make a sequel to it. Overall this was an near flawless horror movie that had some flaws here and there but weren't noticable enough to mention and I thoroughly recommend it if you are a fan of movies like Village Of The Damned or Invasion Of The Body Snatchers or just want a good spook this halloween. See it!
Next to Martyrs & Let The Right One In, the best movie of 2009. Suspense & Brutality in here are absolutely insane. I loved it!
Posted By: trickytreats at 6:34pm, October 6, 2009
There is no doubt that this is a well done movie with some really creepy parts, but I have trouble with the fact that they don't explain the children's illness. Overall though, I enjoyed watching it and would recommend it to anyone.
Ok so I watched this movie actually sometime ago. I cant go anywhere without talking about it. I absouletly loved it! This movie is like really nothing I have ever seen before. Sure we have all seen Movies with the same concept, but trust me the things you see in this movie if your like me will leave you going "oh yeah" I was very surprised and enjoyed the whole thing. I wish it maybe could have ended better. However from what I hear there will be a part two. One bad note, my children freaked me out everytime they coughed for days. hehehehe ok not really...
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