The Children

The Children (1980)

...thank God they're somebody else's!

A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.

Date of release
1980-06-13
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (80)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
Max Kalmanowicz

Casting

Interesting facts

The Children is a 1980 American horror film directed by Max Kalmanowicz, and starring Martin Shakar, Gil Rogers, and Gale Garnett. It follows a group of five children in a small New England town when they are transformed into zombies who, after being exposed to waste from a nuclear plant, microwave any living thing they touch.

Production

Principal photography of The Children took place in the summer of 1979 in Great Barrington, Sheffield, and Egremont in western Massachusetts. The film had the working title The Children of Ravensback. The film's producer, Carlton Albright, was an alumnus of the nearby Berkshire School, where the crew lodged during production. Some filming also took place on the grounds of the school.

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