Beware: Children at Play

Beware: Children at Play

These Aren't Children...They Are Demons!

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Release Date

11/24/1989

Runtime

94 mins

Genres

Overview

Parents are in a panic as their children mysteriously disappear. Little do they know that the only thing worse than their children disappearing would be them coming back. After the youngsters of Ellenburg fall under the ruthless control of a cult leader, they turn on their parents with gruesome results.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A bleak inversion of parental anxiety where the promise of children's return becomes a nightmare. This is body-horror driven horror that trades jump scares for the sustained discomfort of watching familial bonds weaponized.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingBleak

Themes

CorruptionFamilyComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceChild endangerment

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