"The Children" tells the story of a relaxing Christmas vacation that turns into a terrifying fight for survival, as the children begin to turn on their parents.
At the beginning of the Autumn season on ITV1 this year, a three-part series called "The Children" screened to critical acclaim. This was a grim relationship drama, mostly how adult relationships affective children. This film with the same title is not linked at all to the ITV series, but also notices how children react to the actions of adults. However, here we have another issue to worry about: a virus which can potentially turn children homicidal. And throughout this tension filled British film we see several nasty scenes where the children fight back at their parents, wielding meat knives, glass, hooks and colouring pencils (believe me, the latter form of weapon is the worst). These horrifically violent acts occur when two middle-class families are spending the Christmas holidays together and find their children suddenly taken ill, with sickness and strange behaviour. This strange behaviour goes from haunted looks to flesh tearing slowly but effectively, with the underlying level of hysteria bubbling convincingly over into narrative.
A chilling horror and a powerful look at the choices of parents in situations that involve truly heart-breaking decisions (do you kill your children if they are trying to kill you?), this BBC film is one of the most well made horrors I have seen this year.
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British horror film directed by Tom Shankland, based on a story by Paul Andrew Williams. A relaxing Christmas break turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents and embark on a gruesome killing spree.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play New Years Eve and two families are gathering together to celebrate the holiday What begins as a relaxing vacation for Elaine and Jonah turns suddenly into a vicious fight for their lives when the children mysteriously begin to take ill and lash out This terrifying new horror pits a family against itself as the kids turn on their parents with horrifying consequences Actors Stephen Campbell Moore Hannah Tointon Eva Birthistle Jeremy Sheffield Rachel Shelley Raffiella Brooks Jake Hathaway William Howes & Hannah TointonDirector Tom ShanklandCertificate 18 years and overYear 2008Screen WidescreenLanguages EnglishDuration 1 hour and 40 minutes (approx)
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