Children of the Damned

Children of the Damned

Beware the eyes that paralyze!!!

Directed by Anton Leader

Produced by Lawrence P. Bachmann Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios

196490 min6.1 / 10

A paranoid sci-fi horror about superintelligent children with an uncanny bond, exploring fear of the unknown and humanity's inability to control what it doesn't understand.

Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.

Questions people ask

  • Is Children of the Damned scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 95% of films.

  • Does Children of the Damned end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Children of the Damned easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Children of the Damned sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Children of the Damned violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

38/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity65

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise29

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Children of the Damned

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Children of the Damned

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Children of the Damned, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Children of the Damned, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Children of the Damned, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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