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The Children (1980)

The Children poster
Directed by
Max Kalmanowicz
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 79 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of children in a New England town become deadly after nuclear waste exposure. They have the power to heat and kill anyone they touch.

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What happens

The Children (also known as The Children of Ravensback) 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. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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