Eva Birthistle, Raffiella Brooks, Stephen Campbell Moore
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009
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August 20, 2009This movie was not as good as it could have been. I was quite disappointed. It's as though the director has pinpointed a few cinematic devices that can be used to frighten an audience, and sought to compile them into a film as quickly as he could. All his devices work of course, ...( read more)
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April 10, 2009This is formulaic horror, but classy formulaic horror. It doesn't rely on jumpscares or poorly done tributes to classic kills, but instead relies on the score and frequent "fill in the blank" cuts and shots.
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April 10, 2009Low budget British horror, tbh it isnt that bad thinking along the lines of Steven Kings Children of the Corn, only this is a virus not any devil worshiping business lol
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November 8, 2009This movie is certainly not without its flaws, but I really enjoyed it. 4-stars may be kind of high given some of the issues, but what was unique and done well makes it worth the effort. So I'll call it 3.5 stars + 0.5 for good measure.
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November 9, 2009Another film that failed miserably to impress. This could have been so much better than it was. The children are quite scary looking but the entire film was a pointless effort to scare. Yet another hour & 40 minutes of my life wasted on an extremely poor film.
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November 1, 2009One of the great ones that came out of the Ghost House Underground productions! Great effects, great story!! Worth buying in fact!!
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October 31, 2009This main lines of the story of this movie are really good, but making it into a movie is where it went wrong! It could have been a cool, twisted and "scary" movie...but instead of that we get a bunch of kids who get some virus from god knows where and start to kill the parents/a...( read more)
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October 20, 2009Wow... Kids really can be scary... And this movie proves it. Village of the Damned and The Exorcist eat your heart out. Bit more the girls in The Shining. FREAKY!! SO well edited it's untrue. Makes me think twice about working for Disney again. It's ashame it's not explained why...( read more)
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