The Children is a British horror film in which two couples and their primary school age children spend a winter break in a deserted location. For reasons which are never explained (but which may have something to do with a virus or the like, judging by the amount of juvenile puking) the children turn murderous by degrees.
I wanted to like this movie. I very much liked the original setting, the relatively fresh idea, and the fact that the unpleasant goings on took place in broad daylight with none of those "made you jump" manufactured moments - there was some genuine suspense, some genuine creepiness, some effective and atmospheric music, and lots of eyecatching blood in the snow.
But the adults were annoying and the kids were underdeveloped - you never got a feeling of character for any of them - and the prodigious amount of high pitched squealing got on my nerves something chronic.
I wanted to like this movie. I very much liked the original setting, the relatively fresh idea, and the fact that the unpleasant goings on took place in broad daylight with none of those "made you jump" manufactured moments - there was some genuine suspense, some genuine creepiness, some effective and atmospheric music, and lots of eyecatching blood in the snow.
But the adults were annoying and the kids were underdeveloped - you never got a feeling of character for any of them - and the prodigious amount of high pitched squealing got on my nerves something chronic.