The Children

I wasn't expecting that much from this film, a low budget horror flick from a director I'd never heard of although I have seen some of his previous work without knowing it at the time.

It starts slowly & builds up the tension through the first half until the violence starts, I can honestly say I was shocked by this film a few times. That doesn't mean I'm a prude or wimp, I'm a big horror fan & have seen lots of the most gory films you can imagine but seeing small children dishing out pain, suffering & death had me open mouthed at times, the scenes on the climbing frame & out in the woods for example.

I think the reason why some people on here have given it a bad review is simple, they went into this expecting big budget special effects like a Saw film so when they get a character led story with no CGI & most of what happens left to your own imagination they feel a bit let down. That's not the fault of the film.

I've given the film 4 stars because there were a few… more »

I wasn't expecting that much from this film, a low budget horror flick from a director I'd never heard of although I have seen some of his previous work without knowing it at the time.

It starts slowly & builds up the tension through the first half until the violence starts, I can honestly say I was shocked by this film a few times. That doesn't mean I'm a prude or wimp, I'm a big horror fan & have seen lots of the most gory films you can imagine but seeing small children dishing out pain, suffering & death had me open mouthed at times, the scenes on the climbing frame & out in the woods for example.

I think the reason why some people on here have given it a bad review is simple, they went into this expecting big budget special effects like a Saw film so when they get a character led story with no CGI & most of what happens left to your own imagination they feel a bit let down. That's not the fault of the film.

I've given the film 4 stars because there were a few small niggling problems & one scene was predictable in that I saw it coming 10 minutes before it happened, but other than that this is a cracking film that I would recommend to any horror fan.