I bought the VHS of this as people keep saying how good it is, but feel disappointed. The "idea" behind it sounds cool, but the execution isn't very good. There is no suspense, little gore and little entertainment. There are some fun cheesy moments however such as when the children touch the adults and yellow gas emits from them as they are burnt to a crisp. There's other good moments too such as when we see the adults hacking up the kids, but not enough to hold sustained interest. If better actors had been used, perhaps this film might have worked. We might have actually felt some emotion when the parents are forced to to kill their children. But since the actors are so unconvincing, you don't really feel anything.
Review of The Children
