The film called The Children came out in 2008 and it is directed by Tom Shankland. I watched the film on Sky Plus so it is a review of the film and not the dvd. The film is a horror film about two families who decide to spend Christmas together. The family whose house it is consists of mum Chloe, dad Robbie and their two children Nicky and Leah. They live in a big house in the countryside. The family who are going to visit is Chloe's sister's family, mum Elaine, Dad Jonah, eldest daughter Casey, and two youngsters Miranda and Paulie. As soon as they get to the house, one of the children, the little boy Paulie, starts being sick and ...  Read the complete review

I bought this film from Play.com in their sale for £2.99. I like scary films and the idea for this film sounded really good. I watched the trailer on Play.com and that swayed me into buying it. The film was released in 2008 so it is still quite a recent film really but I don't remember it being in the cinema. Plot Elaine, her partner Jonah and her three children Casey, Miranda and Paulie go to spend New Year with her sister Chloe, husband Robbie and two children Nicky and Leah. Chloe and her family live in a huge house in the middle of nowhere and it is snowing when Elaine arrives. Casey is not very happy to be there as she is a teenager and is ...  Read the complete review

I saw the trailer for this movie and expected it to be delightfully frightening. Sadly after watching this film, I was disappointedly bored. This movie is well shot, that's fair to say, however in its effort to be minimalistic / artistic, it was ultimately boring. Supposedly, against the backdrop of white snow, innocent children and a middle-class Christmas gathering, the horrorr should have stood out with chilling and gorey effect, but in my opinion, it ended up being comedic instead of ominous. I think this movie had potential. The whole idea of the inaccessible world of children and their innocent but sometimes bizarre and manipulative behaviour, mixed with ...  Read the complete review

A review of just the film, The Children was released on region 2 DVD at the end of March 2009. It's the Christmas holidays and Elaine and husband Jonah take their three kids to visit Elaine's sister Chloe, her husband Robbie and their two young children in a sprawling old house, deep in the English countryside. Everyone seems happy enough, except Elaine's eldest daughter Casey who would rather spend the time at a party with her friends. Initially pleasant enough, the cracks start to appear with friction between the couples and between Chloe and Casey largely as a result of Robbie's overt interest in his sexy young niece. The children spend the time happily ...  Read the complete review

hortly before it was out in the cinema, my sister caught sight of the trailer and put a link to it in her Facebook status. The trailer was quite alluring, without giving too much away, and I was determined to watch it in the cinema. Unfortunately, I didn't so instead got it on DVD when it was released recently. If you want it, you can get it for just £8.99 from play.com or hmv.co.uk. The film was written by the director, Tom Shankland, he is rather small, having not directed any other films that I have heard of, The Plot It is New Years, and Elaine and Jonah, take their children to stay with Eliane's sister, Chloe and her family for new years. ...  Read the complete review