Please Don't Feed the Children

Please Don't Feed the Children

Don't run. Don't scream. Don't break the rules

Directed by Destry Allyn Spielberg

Produced by Perry Street Films, BKStudios

202594 min6.2 / 10

A bleak survival thriller where orphaned children become prey to a psychopath in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, balancing visceral threat with the emotional weight of loss and abandonment.

After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.

Questions people ask

  • Is Please Don't Feed the Children scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Is Please Don't Feed the Children sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Please Don't Feed the Children violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Please Don't Feed the Children easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Please Don't Feed the Children end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

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.

47/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity72

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise43

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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