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Vinegar Syndrome

The Children

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Edition Type: Limited Edition Slipcover
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This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray/DVD combo. The limited edition slipcover was limited to 3,000 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

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Something is terrifyingly wrong with the children of Ravenback. After their school bus passes through a mysterious cloud of yellow smoke, the children are are transformed into bloodthirsty zombies with black fingernails which burn anything they touch. As parents and unwitting townspeople are burned to a crisp, the local police force frantically searches for the missing kids, unaware of their new and deadly powers...

Shot back to back with FRIDAY THE 13TH, and sharing some of the same crew, Max Kalmanowicz's THE CHILDREN is an outrageous and fun drive-in horror classic. Featuring an eerie score from Harry Manfredini (FRIDAY THE 13TH) and produced by Carlton Albright (LUTHER THE GEEK), Vinegar Syndrome brings THE CHILDREN to Blu-ray, newly restored from the best surviving film elements and in its extended director's cut!

Details

Director(s): Max Kalmanowicz

Starring: Martin Shakar, Gil Rogers, Gale Garnett, Shannon Bolin, Tracy Griswold, Edward Terry

Release Year: 1980

Runtime: 93 min

Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1

Language(s): ENG- English

Sound: Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Format: Blu-ray/DVD

Disc Info: Region Free Blu-ray/DVD

Restoration: Newly scanned and restored in 2K from a combination of its 35mm original camera negative and best surviving 35mm theatrical prints

Genre: Horror, Zombie

SKU: VS-256 SLIP

Bonus Content
  • New audio commentary with director Max Kalmanowicz
  • Archival audio commentary with producer/co-writer Carlton J. Albright
  • "Childhood Memories: Making the Children" - a new interview with Carlton J. Albright & production manager David Platt
  • "Return to Ravensback" - a newly produced locations then-and-now featurette
  • "The Lost Scene" - audio from a lost scene of The Children
  • Archival video interview with Carlton J. Albright
  • "Memories of The Children" - archival featurette with: Carlton J. Albright, Patricia Albright & Gil Rogers
  • "Making The Children" - archival featurette with: Carlton J. Albright & David Platt
  • "The Children: The Musical" - archival interview with Stan Richardson, co-creator of the musical rendition of The Children
  • Reversible cover artwork
Label Bio

Vinegar Syndrome was founded to rescue, restore, and preserve genre cinema. Our more than 500 releases to date offer ultimate editions of lost, forgotten, under-seen, under-appreciated, and essential works from around the globe.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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    Atmosphere rules here where quality wavers

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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Top shelf horror

    Eerie and effective, with Manfredini serving us F13th score again. Solid 4.5/5

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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    So good

    Love this one

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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    The Children

    Classic creepy children horror movie. Highly recommended. This is a great upgrade from the dvd.

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    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    The Children

    Another Troma title that I was pleased with. Great/fun horror film. Like the reversable art with this.

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