The Children (2008)
Short review: This UK horror flick "The Children" is as simple as its premise. It's about a family that goes out on a Christmas holiday in a remote area called Hackney, with their relatives and during that time their children become sick and begin to show signs of strange behavior. There are non-stop screaming and obnoxious children and from their parents too, so it's kind of hard to say when the real horror begins. "The Children" tends to deliver a sequence of irrational, immoderate human behavior, a weird chain reaction off any scope, aside from any explainable viewpoint. We, the audience, are lead to believe that the antagonistic children in this film pose a very real immediate threat to their elders. Even when the bodies begin to pile up, it is so unconvincingly feasible that suspending your disbelief well not save you from the barrage of predictability and lack of tension setting plot. The lack of atmosphere, character development, and a real story, is compensated by eerie music playing all the time. The central twist has been done in so many other films of a higher caliber, that it's not enough to justify the rather vile selection of set pieces. The young talented actress Hannah Tointon is the only highlight of this, otherwise poor and uninspired horror film.
- My Rating: 4.50/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 77% (6.3/10)
- IMDb: 6.3/10
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