Woodyanders
Tom (a solid and likable performance by Lewis Fiander) and his pregnant Evelyn (an appealing portrayal the fetching Prunella Ransome) find themselves trapped on a remote island off the coast of Spain populated by killer kids with a vehement hatred of adults.Writer/director Narciso Ibanez Serrador relates the compellingly twisted story at a hypnotically deliberate pace, does an ace job of crafting a supremely creepy atmosphere that positively drips with a potently unsettling sense of isolation, hopelessness, and vulnerability, offers a few startling images (the murderous moppets use a corpse as a macabre piñata!), and gives the rather far-fetched premise a certain grim plausibility by grounding said premise in a convincingly harsh and bleak historical context (the opening chronicle of past atrocities committed against innocent children provides a powerful socio-political sting that suggests the rotten adult world deserves to be destroyed by its own kids). Moreover, the surprise bummer ending packs a devastating park. The eerie score by Waldo de los Rios further enhances the overall uneasy and unnerving mood. Jose Luis Alcaine's sunny cinematography gives this picture a sparkling look that's in striking ironic contrast to the dark and disturbing subject matter. A real nail-biter.
ThreeGuysOneMovie
English tourists Tom and Evelyn are traveling in Spain. The town they want to stay in is overcrowded so they decided to go to an island that Tom knows of about 4 hours off the coast. When they get to the island they discover that there are no adults on the island, only children. They soon realize that they are trapped on the island and that the children have killed all the adults. Now they must fight and kill the angry mob of children before they are killed themselves.OK, so I was watching a video on youtube with Eli Roth where he talks about his five favorite films. He mentioned this film on his list and I was intrigued. I had never heard of it before so I started doing a little research. The film was made in 1976 and for a long time was almost impossible to find anywhere. Then in 2007 it was released on DVD by Dark Sky Films.The movie is extremely well done for its time and budget. It was a very risqué film at the time since it dealt with a taboo subject matter, killing children. This is 8 years before Children of the Corn and while I have no proof of it I have a hard time believing Stephen King didn't use this movie as inspiration. Unlike, COTC however, this movie doesn't have any religious undertones.I was pretty blown away by this film. It's truly creepy without being overly gory and it definitely sticks with you for a while afterwards. This is not a film for everyone. There are some scenes in the beginning of film that show documentary footage of children in concentration camps, starving in India, etc. This was done by the director to supposedly explain why the children decided to rise up against the adults but I found it a bit gratuitous and unnecessary.If you are horror fan, or someone who just looking for something different to watch, then I recommend checking this one out.On a side note I saw that they had planned on doing a remake of this film back in 2008. It was going to be called In the Playground and had a Director (David Alcade) and star (Diego Luna) all lined up. I even found a poster for the film. It doesn't look like this film was ever made though, and I can't find any record of it on IMDb.
mark-4554
I had to see this film simply because of it's 7.4 rating. F.F.Coppolas Dracula only scores a 7.3 So, I was expecting a very fine film. Well... the only thing I saw fine was the location, very pretty. After that. the acting was awful, as bad as the actors were it was made worse by the inane script. It seemed to me like some 1st year film school drop-outs got stoned,watched "Village of the Damned" and decided to make a film. After reading some reviews in praise & defense of this epic I expected maybe some shocking cutting edge scenes or ANYTHING new, but no. I waited & waited for the movie to get scary or ANYTHING while the main characters keep doing nothing to save themselves while making ALL the wrong decisions we see in every low grade slasher film. As far as the much hyped violence and gory slaughter of children, I never saw it. I thought it was all very low-key which is a good thing after seeing how bad what little graphic violence there was was depicted ( it seems Spanish fishing villagers bleed dark pink tempra paint) Now in all fairness we must realize that anyone of any age or experience can rate films here and are entitled their opinion, this is mine!
muckrules
Now this film is twisted. Two young tourists who are madly inlove and expecting a child go to a island to relax only to find that the town is adult free and over run by savage kids. Children who have murdered everyone of their elders and have overthrown athority. Leaving these tourists to fend for their forsaken lives.... The cinematography in this disturbing movie is amazing. Apearently this film is a favourite of Eli Roth's. This film is a great companion peace to The Children Of The Corn (2009). I found this film to be quite interesting and it does bring up a good question if you had to defend yourself in a life or death situation could you kill a child?
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