Who Can Kill a Child?

Who Can Kill a Child?

Suddenly… They were the only adults left alive on the island

Directed by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador

Produced by Penta Films

1976112 min7.0 / 10

A deeply unsettling horror-thriller about a couple discovering a Mediterranean village where children have become inexplicable killers, built on mounting dread and the violation of childhood innocence.

A couple of English tourists arrive at the island of Almanzora, off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, where they discover that there are no adults in a small fishing village, only some children who stare at them and smile mysteriously.

Questions people ask

  • Is Who Can Kill a Child? scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Does Who Can Kill a Child? end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is Who Can Kill a Child? violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Who Can Kill a Child? easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is Who Can Kill a Child? sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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74/ 100

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Love70

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