The Children, (The Children of Ravensback)

The Children, (The Children of Ravensback) (1980)

  • 41% of users liked it
    (989 ratings)

In The Children, an above-average horror film, the children in a bus on the way to school become murderous, black-fingernailed zombies after being exposed to poison gas during a nuclear-plant leak. Sheriff Billy Hart (Gil Rogers) must battle the children in order to save his town. This horror film… More

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Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Jun 13, 1980 Wide
On DVD
Nov 8, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies

    The "scary little kid" subgenre has never been scarier or more nihilistic.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lafe F


    Creep-ass 80's shock cinema which really achieves a lot with a low-budget. The kids in this one are spooky walking zombies. The Troma DVD print was all scratched up and faded, which made it more atmospheric.

  • Bruce B


    Now I see where Stephen king got his ideas for Children of the Corn and The Shinning. The more movies I see the more I see Stephen King Obtaining his idea, ie: The Kingdom from Holland. Anyway these children are riding home on a bus when they pass throug a Yellow Cloud and the next… More

  • Patrick D


    This film was released by Troma in 2005 but released actually in 1980. This is a well crafted little deranged tale and really caught me off garde. I'm not a fan of silly possesed children, but maybe it's cause I was thinking of VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED. This film goes far… More

  • Christopher B


    I first saw this movie when I was a kid and it horrified me. A few decades have passed and I finally rewatched it and I was amazed. Here's a fun horror flick with instantly likeable characters and a very creepy story. As hardened of a horror fan as I am, even I was creeped out by… More

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