The Children
2008 · 84 min · Director: Tom Shankland
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Elaine and Jonah and their teenage daughter and young son and daughter, come to spend New Year with her sister Chloe and husband Robbie and their two young children at their isolated country home. One by one the children, after apparently being sick, become increasingly malevolent.
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The Children (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Anxiety 20%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Anxiety, Empathy. Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.
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Cast
Chloe
Leah
Nicky
Paulie
Miranda
Details
- Directed by
- Tom Shankland
- Written by
- Paul Andrew Williams, Tom Shankland
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2008
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
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