The Children (2008)
- 6.0
- 1h 24min
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- 2008-12-05 (USA)
Storyline
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.
Plot Keywords
christmas, death of child, death of mother, killing an animal, murder of a child, death of husband, death, hit by a car, murder of father, killer child, locked in a room, raised middle finger, mother son relationship, mother daughter relationship, loss of loved one, knife, joint, infection, rebellious daughter, scissors
Short Review
Borrowing liberally from classic evil-children horrors, the gruesome deaths are inventive, but this is more about killer set-pieces than a satisfying story. A respectable genre outing.
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Streaming Service
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