2/10
Children?
13 April 2024
The title strongly resembles that Steve Buscemi GIF: "How do you do, fellow kids?" in which a 55-year-old plays a high schooler. THESE AREN'T CHILDREN.

Yes, the film's "main character," some kind of film/stage Director, calls his cast and crew "children." They're as much children as Biden's the youngest ever President.

I only chose this movie as I distinctly recall seeing this VHS cover many times as a kid looking through the horror movies I was never allowed to rent. I haven't even thought of this movie in decades, and considering it's from the early 1970s with a title as such, I thought it would be super creepy.

It was super dumb, instead. Like really bad. But I will give it to them: the ending was kinda, sorta, maybe not really worth getting through 60ish minutes of awful "humor" to get to. At least they made an effort in the climax.

Said "Director" brings his cast/crew to some remote island to dig up bodies and preform both satanic rituals and practical jokes. Some of the people object, some act like "children" and have fun. Unfortunately, for them, they might as well be shooting a documentary.

Sadly, this movie does, indeed, suck, but at least they were somewhat trying to make a Night of the Living Dead rip-off with comedy bits throughout. As stated, most of the effort was in the third act with, I guess, some good practical zombie makeup/effects. And I did like the very ending's idea, though, like most everything else, it came out unintentionally hilarious.

Can't recommend. I don't even know if anyone else in the world, sans like 3 people, even heard of this or even saw it when it came out.

***

Final Thoughts: By the way, that Steve Buscemi GIF NEVER ceases to crack me up. Quite the opposite for this "horror-comedy."
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