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A lot of horror movies get a lot of traction from murderous little kids. This can range from the camp (Bloody Birthday) to the alien (Village of the Damned) to the demonic (The Omen). Years ago, Bravo ran a special about the 100 scariest moments in horror movies. In the section on The Others, John Landis commented that filmmakers always use British kids to be creepy. Well, we’re going to get murderous British kids in the 2008 version of The Children. I mean, it’s right there in the name.
Naturally, we’re going to be isolated. A group of friends and their kids have gotten together for a New Year’s Eve party in the middle of nowhere. Arriving at the start of the film are Elaine (Eva Birthistle), her husband Jonah (Stephen Campbell Moore), their children Miranda and Paulie (Eva Sayer and William Howes), and Elaine’s teenaged daughter from a previous relationship, Casey (Hannah Tointon). Casey doesn’t want to be there and doesn’t feel connected to anyone there really. She is very clearly set up as our final girl in the opening moments of the film. The people they are visiting are Elaine’s sister Chloe (Rachel Shelley), her husband Robbie (Jeremy Sheffield), and their children Leah and Nicky (Rafiella Brookes and Jake Hathaway).
