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There's Something Wrong with the Children

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When Margaret (Alisha Wainwright) and Ben (Zach Gilford) take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie (Crew) and Thomas (Santos) and their two young children (Briella Guiza and David Mattle), Ben begins to suspect something supernatural is occurring when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.
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Conceptually strong but uneven in execution, There's Something Wrong with the Children is a serviceable horror movie that could have been much more.

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Noel Murray Los Angeles Times There’s something wrong with the children, all right. The filmmakers can’t figure out what to do with them. Jan 20, 2023 Full Review Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News Director Roxanne Benjamin never allows Children to overstay its welcome, resulting in a scare package worth seeking out. Rated: 3/4 Jan 18, 2023 Full Review Christian Zilko IndieWire There’s Something Wrong with the Children punches above its weight by doing all the little things right. T.J. Cimfel and David White’s script is built like a Swiss watch, setting up countless twists without ever wasting a line. Rated: A- Jan 18, 2023 Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine It is a shame Benjamin did not lean further into these more inventive elements, as it would have certainly made for a more distinctive and unusual movie. Rated: 6/10 Aug 14, 2023 Full Review John Serba Decider The movie may frustrate the hardcore blood-and-guts audience for taking too long to wind up the plot and not delivering the splatter, but it also isn’t “elevated” enough to tickle the fancy of the A24 dweebs. Jun 20, 2023 Full Review Jordy Sirkin Jordy Reviews It Though it doesn’t do anything spectacularly different with its setting, in the end it delivers something amusing and reminiscent of cult B movies. Mar 26, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Nathan S Some moments of suspense but mostly moments of commentary on how things could have been better. Predictable and mostly underwhelming with some pacing issues. There was a solid 20-30mins where it was actually interesting. Wouldn't recommend but also not bad for background noise. Acting wasn't terrible, the kids did a great job being creepy. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/30/25 Full Review Lindsay M. 2.5 might be generous to some, but I enjoyed it as a dumb horror movie! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/25 Full Review Sebastian F What a weird and dumb horror film. Theres not just something wrong with the children, there's something wrong with this movie. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/02/25 Full Review Metmet x that's one annoying movie with no proper ending. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/26/25 Full Review Tony T The film has its moments of shock effect that are done well, the early-mid part of the film is the highlight that gets replayed in clips to hook people to try the film, but the rest of the film is rubbish. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/16/25 Full Review João Vinícius A There is no palpable way to find the plot of this film regular or faithful, it just throws its brilliant ideas into a cascade of mud. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/23/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When Margaret (Alisha Wainwright) and Ben (Zach Gilford) take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie (Crew) and Thomas (Santos) and their two young children (Briella Guiza and David Mattle), Ben begins to suspect something supernatural is occurring when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.
Director
Roxanne Benjamin
Producer
Paige Pemberton, Paul Uddo
Screenwriter
T.J. Cimfel, David White
Production Co
Blumhouse Television, Epix Film Production
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 17, 2023
Runtime
1h 32m
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