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      The Children

      R Released Jul 13, 1980 1h 30m Horror List
      Reviews 40% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Gas leaking from a nuclear-power plant turns children into zombies who burn those they touch. Read More Read Less

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      Gary Arnold Washington Post The Children is a feeble reminder of an exploitation trend seen at its most ruthless in a picture like It's Alive! Everything considered, it's difficult to resent The Children for being too inept to become equally hateful. Dec 21, 2015 Full Review Anton Bitel VODzilla.co a topsy-turvy nightmare scenario where familial love is a mortal weakness, infanticide a salvation, and the arrival of a newborn a source of terror. Jun 10, 2017 Full Review Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies The "scary little kid" subgenre has never been scarier or more nihilistic. Rated: 4/5 Mar 19, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Kit V Well this is one rotten B movie, BUT, these actors are doing everything in thier power to make it work. It is for this reason alone that I like it, carnky plot, wooden acting but ten out of ten for effort. Its a one brain cell idea with a one cylinder engine that somehow manages to tickle the right places. Just good old fashioned viewing if viewed witout the HOLLYWOOD lens. I have seen far worse. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/24 Full Review S R This is a painfully slow and boring movie. The concept isn't bad but the execution is terrible. Troma really shouldn't try to do serious movies. This isn't scary or fun to watch. It's around 90 minutes long and it still feels far too long. I genuinely struggled to finish watching this one because of how bored I was. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/19/24 Full Review Audience Member It was a fun move I just discovered thanks to GLC. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review bill t Pretty amazing movie here. This movie about a bus full of kids that meets a cloud of nuclear gas emitted by a power plant. They turn, I guess, into zombies, and start wreaking havok in the town. They've just so many questions about the plot of this film. Apparently that kids can only kill with their hands, why is this? How did this happen? If they hug somebody, that person becomes toast. Like, their whole body starts frying. Again, why is this? And why does it appear that the children, and the children's families, and the sheriff or two, are the only people in the town? I havent Even started. What really fascinates me about this movie is the unexplained character arcs that litter this movie. Let's start with the first woman the children kill. She seemed to have a chip on her shoulder because of something the sheriff did. What was that? We don't know because she's soon killed after that. She's also apparently looking after an invalid. It seemed that the invalid had a connection to the sheriff as well, but that's left hanging. And on it goes, couples are fighting for no reason, ladies are sun tanning in the nude with sweaty bodybuilders, etc. Etc. Etc. Finally, everyone says "Goddamnit" a lot. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Creepy, scary out of this world killer kid movie. Children get caught in a radioactive cloud which transforms them into zombies with a touch that will burn the flesh right off of you!. Does a lot witj little coin and has a satisfying climax and ending. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Ripping of the Friday the 13th score made this movie even more grim. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Gas leaking from a nuclear-power plant turns children into zombies who burn those they touch.
      Director
      Max Kalmanowicz
      Screenwriter
      Carlton J. Albright, Edward Terry
      Distributor
      Rhino Entertainment Company [us], World Northal, Vestron Pictures
      Production Co
      Albright Films Inc.
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jul 13, 1980, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 9, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 30m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo
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