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The Children

2008

Tom Shankland

Eva Birthistle, Raffiella Brooks, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jake Hathaway ...

5.8

1,606

Horror. Thriller A relaxing Christmas family vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents and to develop mysterious designs.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Anna Smith Empire	"Accomplished, if derivative, Brit-horror. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jason Solomons The Guardian	"Tom Shankland and writer Paul Andrew Williams (...) don't really explain what's going on - is it Chinese herbs? The fake snow? Gap knitwear? - but I was frightened anyway."	POS
United States	Alex Billington First Showing	"Shankland takes everything to the next level, though, even though he doesn't need to, from the great performances young and old to the thrilling story to the beautiful cinematography."	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"'The Children's lack of resources is evident from the get-go and manifests itself in some clunky acting and editing (...) Still, all good grist for the genre, and aficionados may well respond"	NEU
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"A tense, slow-brewing horror masterpiece of epic proportions"	POS

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