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 Rated 5 out of 5!
UNBEATABLE
First I want to start by asking anyone who reads reviews that can range from 5 stars to 1 star, that you please read the other reviews those people have made and you will have an idea of true horror film enthusists. Now, "Children" is moody, scary, atmospheric, and scores a must have "OWN IT" rating. Watch it alone, late at night and I promise you will never forget it. The sound of the Loons (birds) is so damn eerie. Perhaps the greatest zombie film aside from Night of the Living Dead, and not to offend my peers...Children is my all time favorite, and always will be. Rated 1 out of 5
Not worth the effort
I like cheesy, b-rated horror flicks as much as the next guy. I watched Ed Wood’’s flicks, and laughed along with MST3K. But "Children Shouldn’’t Play With Dead Things" just wasn’’t any of those. It wasn’’t funny, it wasn’’t interesting, it wasn’’t unique. And did I mention that zombies were surprisingly absent for the majority of the movie? That’’s right, it took more than 95% of this film before the zombies even come out, and they only last about 5 to 10 minutes! But in the meantime, you have to sit through mediocre acting, and one of the most obnoxious characters in cinematic history (and his screenplays sucked too). IT’’S NOT WORTH IT!Be different, be a zombie completist that looks for only the BEST zombie Flicks created. Any yabbo in a "dead" suit can call his monster a zombie and use his camcorder to shoot a film. That’’s no reason to buy it. And so, like so many other zombie fans before me, I suggest the following: The Evil Dead Trilogy, the Night Of The Living Dead Trilogy, Dead Alive, Zombie and Resident Evil.  Rated 2 out of 5
Well, its pretty bad
so bad its almost good. Almost. The "dead things" looked terribly fake, the dialogue (what little there was) was generally unamusing and there were no creative plot twists
I did like one thing however: the lack of theme music. It gives the viewer the most overwhelming sense of insecurity, being that foreshadowing with creepy instrumentals is a crutch for horror film watchers. In this one, the creatures just jump out at you without notice
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