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A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.
Michelle La Mothe
- Dr. Joyce Gould
- (as Michelle LeMothe)
John P. Codiglia
- Jackson Lane
- (as John Codiglia)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Children, made in the same year as Friday the 13th (1980), has the same composer asFriday the 13th (1980).
- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- Quotes
Dr. Joyce Gould: I just don't know how Leslie's gonna take it when I tell her Tommy's missing.
Sheriff Billy Hart: Don't tell her.
Dr. Joyce Gould: ...That's one way to deal with it...
- Crazy creditsNo music is played over the credits.
- Alternate versionsThe Vinegar Syndrome release of this film features an additional scene set in a diner in which the sheriff speaks to a waitress.
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they couldn't have made it any better if they tried
I first saw this movie when I was a kid and it horrified me. A few decades have passed and I finally rewatched it and I was amazed. Here's a fun horror flick with instantly likeable characters and a
very creepy story. As hardened of a horror fan as I am, even I was creeped out by some of the scenes in this flick (the kids smiling reflections in the window). Sure it's low budget, but that's what's
great about it. And credit goes to the filmmakers for making a consistantly entertaining film, throwing logic to the wind and not explaining why the kid's hands must be cut off or why they are now indestructable. It just makes for a lot of great scenes (Chopping up kids!!! AMAZING!). Plus, they created tension very well. Hope they give this a special treatment on DVD one day.
very creepy story. As hardened of a horror fan as I am, even I was creeped out by some of the scenes in this flick (the kids smiling reflections in the window). Sure it's low budget, but that's what's
great about it. And credit goes to the filmmakers for making a consistantly entertaining film, throwing logic to the wind and not explaining why the kid's hands must be cut off or why they are now indestructable. It just makes for a lot of great scenes (Chopping up kids!!! AMAZING!). Plus, they created tension very well. Hope they give this a special treatment on DVD one day.
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- May 29, 2003
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- Also known as
- Kinder des Todes
- Filming locations
- Aston Magna House, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA(The Shore family home)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $400,000 (estimated)
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