Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Well I liked the concept of kids turning into some kind of zombies by some mysterious cloud. But that happens without any build-up and they go on to kill the annoying adults. And yes since all performers in the movie go without character development I couldn't really be bothered if they lived or died in the end. I'm trying to think if this movie has any redeeming qualities. Well yeah the kids were threatening and instead of actually biting their victims like zombies do, they burn them by touching them. It would have been nice there was some actual cure for it, rather than going for the easy way by chopping their limbs of. It was an original idea but the execution was done in such a cheap way hoping to cash in quickly on the zombie craze.

This movie was actually one of the first ever horror movies that I ever saw, I remember picking this movie up in my local market one day when I was a child, thinking that this was gonna be a Famous five/The Goonies type of adventure movie, because of the front cover and when I got home and popped the video into the player, I was shocked to discover that this was a creepy zombie children killer flick and it terrified me, but also excited me at the same time.The plot = An explosion from a local nuclear power plant , causes a cloud to travel through the town and hit a school bus of local children, which cause them to change and when they touch people they melt them. I remember seeing the first death when one of the mothers seeing her son running round the graveyard, and when she chases him and he hugs her she starts to melt, which came totally by surprise and gave me nightmares. But seeing this movie in later years doesn't quite have the same effect on me, but I still found the scenes effective and fun.This movie is certainly different to anything else that I have seen and it's somewhat offbeat and surreal and totally outrageous, the mixtures of the townspeople are rather interesting and this movie becomes even more fun when they become melted fodder. The zombies like kids are just as creepy and effective and look unnerving as they appear on screen. Despite the oblivious low budget the gruesome burn effects still look great and the creepy Gothic atmosphere of this movie is also another highlight and also the ending really shocked and stuck in my mind.All in all "The Children" is really creepy and effective and kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time, the kids were scary, the adult cast were interesting and odd, which I loved and it's rare that a horror movie really scares me.

The Yankee Power Company nuclear power facility near Ravensback has a weird gas leak, and the area children (annoying little singers) are exposed to it when the bus drives down the wrong road. The kids become horrible mutants who melt anything they touch with the power of toxic waste.This one was directed by Max Kalmanowicz, who did little else of note. However, others involved with this movie went on to collaborate on "Luther the Geek", which is much more well-known.The bodybuilder Jack is pretty awesome when he tells the sheriff whether or not he saw his daughter Janet "lurking around".Complaint: the film needs more exposed breasts... the hot chick, Suzie (Joy Glaccum), not only stays clothed, but dies too soon.One musical selection sounds like somewhere between Bernard Hermann and Richard Band's "Re-Animator" score. The composer? Harry Manfredini! Overlooked horror film, easily worth a look if you enjoy horror films of its era. I have seen many, many worse films that are more well known. If this film had a decent DVD release, and not just a cheap transfer, I think it could actually be a decent seller.

i thought this was a fun little horror classic.as far as i know,it's an original concept.not the zombies themselves,but how they became zombies.and how they kill their victims.it is cheesy and the acting is hammy,but so what.the premise is pretty cool.it's genuinely creepy.i especially love the score by Harry Manfredini,although it's very similar to Friday the 13th(which he also scored)and it does become overpowering and a bit distracting at times.the makeup effects are actually pretty good for the time.and if you're paying attention throughout the movie(which i obviously wasn't)the ending won't come as a surprise to you.overall,an enjoyable 90 minutes or so.for me,The Children(1980)is an 8/10