Plot: A band of rosy-cheeked children go on a rampage
in this British horror flick from director Tom Shankland. The film
opens with Elaine (Eva Birthistle) bringing her husband, Jonah (Stephen
Campbell Moore), and their three children to celebrate New Year's with
her sister Chloe (Rachel Shelley). Chloe is married with two children
of her own, and her family lives in a gorgeous cabin set deep in the
woods. Soon the cozy home is filled with scampering kids and Casey
(Hannah Tointon), Elaine's sullen teenager. As the families reunite and
settle in, hidden tensions and secret flirtations pass back and forth
between every one 16 and older, while the children shriek and play.
When Elaine's son Paulie (William Howes) gets sick, she chalks it up to
car sickness, but by the next day, he appears to be worse. Soon the
other children begin to act strangely as well. When a fatal accident
occurs, everything falls into chaos, and accusations fly among the
adults. The real killers are soon revealed, and some truly gory
(colored pencil through the eye, anyone?) murder scenes quickly
follow.While some might find the film's premise never quite
makesit out of camp territory, it cannot be argued that Shankland doesn't do
a solid job of presenting some truly interesting, well-rounded
characters. Despite the blatant violence of some scenes, much of the
film is full of subtle, mood-setting shots. These quiet, unsettling
images--branches cracking with ice, the blank stare of a child's
doll--give the movie its real creep out factor. Size three pink
Wellingtons have never looked so sinister.
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