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The Children (1980)

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Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: After a school bus passes through a cloud of radiation that leaked from a nearby nuclear power plant, the children inside are transformed into wall-eyed ghouls who char things to a crisp on contact.

Starring: Martin Shaker, Gil Rogers, Gale Garnett

Director: Max Kalmanowicz

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The "scary little kid" subgenre has never been scarier or more nihilistic.

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03/19/08

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