Hot on the heels of the CHILDREN OF THE CORN remake comes another killer children flick. And another remake. This one is an update of the 1970s chiller WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? about an island inhabited by murderous kiddies, originally directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. The remake is called IN THE PLAYGROUND, coming at us from Filmax International (that’s their promo poster pictured). This new version will be helmed by David Alcalde and – according to IMDB – Diego Luna (THE TERMINAL, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN) will star. Take that with a grain of salt for now, though…
What’s this little bastard about? Read on, although it might just make you punch the adolescent closest to you. (If there isn’t one nearby, find one!)
An English couple and a photographer head off for their holidays to La Isla Verde, a remote Mexican island, in the hope that Paul can finish the children´s book that he´s writing.
On arrival, they’re perturbed to discover that they are the only adults on the island. The town where they´ve landed is inhabited only by children, who silently stare at them with eerie smiles.
What is happening on this island? The grown ups are about to discover that these youngsters are possessed by a kind of madness that makes them kill all adults. Now, they’re determined to prevent the these accidental tourists from ever getting off the island alive…