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Movie poster: The Children (1980)
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The Children

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1980 · 93 min Horror Science Fiction
5.1 / 10 · TMDB

A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.

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Year 1980
Country United States of America
Genre Horror, Science Fiction
Director Max Kalmanowicz
Runtime 93 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.1/10 (77 votes)

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The film constructs its horror on the dissonance between childhood innocence and pure malice, relying on the unsettling transformation of the familiar into a threat. It explores paranoia and the breakdown of trust within a community faced with an incomprehensible crisis.

What lingers after viewing is a profound sense of unease about the fragility of normalcy. The true terror stems not from external monsters, but from the corruption of what should be safest. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Max Kalmanowicz

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Watch in a dimly lit room late at night to amplify the film's creeping sense of domestic dread.

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