Shankland's kids tease

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by: Jared Pacheco Oct. 3, 2008

Way back in May Mike told us all about a new flick coming from WAZ director Tom Shankland. The flick was pegged to be called THE DAY and oozed potential.

Well it's been 5 months (jeez...) and THE DAY has gone through some transformations. The biggest being that the title has now been changed to THE CHILDREN, which I dig much more. We've also got a look at the teaser trailer over in our videos section. So go ahead and check that out by clicking through below.

Now that that's all out of the way, let's get into brass tacks... what exactly is THE CHILDREN? Well here's the synopsis: A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.

Oh I am definately game! Plus it's coming from the UK, and they seem to know how to handle horror. Now the one question that's burning in my mind is this: What exactly makes these kids snap? Now kids in horror movies freak me out... they're just creepy, right? Hell, just walk into a mall on a weekend night and it feels like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD ala little teenagers... sometimes I seriously fear for my life. Now with THE CHILDREN it looks like we're dealing with kids in the 6-12 range... and that's even worse.

THE CHILDREN looks like it's going to be a tapped flick filled with blood and creepiness. Now the script comes from Paul Andrew Williams, who happens to be the guy behind another British horror flick called THE COTTAGE, which I found to be pretty enjoyable... but not fantastic. As I mentioned, Tom Shankland will be directing with Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley, Stephen Campbell, Eva Birthistle, Hannah Tointon, and Eva Sayer all starring.

So what do you think? THE CHILDREN have any potential here? I'm definately looking forward too it! And I'm willing to bet it'll make parents try harder to get their kids what they want for Christmas...


I love Christmas.




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Shadow Whisper
9:23PM on 10/07/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
If it is not a remake (I suspect it is not, cant tell one way or the other from the trailer, which means I probably just jinxed it into being one) it will probably lose the name when it gets to the U.S. because of 80's The Children. That was one of the ones that along with The Incredible Melting Man and a few others were ones that were talked about a lot in school but few had actually seen. I ...
If it is not a remake (I suspect it is not, cant tell one way or the other from the trailer, which means I probably just jinxed it into being one) it will probably lose the name when it gets to the U.S. because of 80's The Children. That was one of the ones that along with The Incredible Melting Man and a few others were ones that were talked about a lot in school but few had actually seen. I only caught it once one day while channel flipping. Well not pure flipping I knew that channel was going to be showing a movie, it always did that time of day on weekdays, and that they were mostly but not always scifi or horror. I am guessing that there were a few upset parents that called in because they never ever showed it again. What? It was the TV cut its not my fault they were not happy with the other cuts in the film :p
 
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misanthrope666
12:48AM on 10/03/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
There is a zombie movie from the early '80's also titled The Children with a similar premise, i wonder if this is a remake.
There is a zombie movie from the early '80's also titled The Children with a similar premise, i wonder if this is a remake.