WOW! Wow, wow, wow! Run to the store right now and purchase this gem. Then write Dark Sky a letter thanking them for their hard work. A fascinating double feature might be had here with any number of other child based Spanish or Mexican horror or ghost films: The Devil’s Backbone, Spirit of the Beehive, Cria Cuervos or even Pan’s Labyrinth. Will Who Can Kill A Child hold up? I think the answer is that it will hold up well indeed. This is a viscerally shocking but far from pointlessly shocking film. The only thing missing on this DVD release is a commentary track which would seem de riguer. I honestly wouldn’t be surprised to see an SE of this down the road for no other reason than the film cries out for one. It’s that good. Not very good Kids-gone-bad movies aren’t exactly hard to come by. But the good ones, the really good ones aren’t rare either. The Omen, The Innocents, Village of the Damned, Ringu, all expertly tap into our sense of fear regarding the corruption of innocence. The more innocent that something is the more fearful it is to see it corrupted. Who Can Kill A Child is a gripping must-see excursion into the darkest kind of evil.
Tom and his pregnant wife Evelyn decide to do some sailing on their vacation in Spain and land on an island that seems deserted. But they soon discover the towns dark secret, one that the children seem determined to keep. Running for their lives they soon realize that their own unborn child may be the biggest threat of all. Serrador uses screen violence effectively and builds tension like a master in this largely unheralded minor classic that explores the culture of real life everyday violence that we have settled for in the world. Who Can Kill A Child remains as relevant today as when it first debuted.
Extras include 2 featurettes with the director and director of photography as well as a still gallery.
I just watched this last week for the first time and agree it's fantastic. One of the most pleasant Euro-cult experiences I've had in many years.
The unborn baby comment is pretty needlessly spoilerish since that's one of the best twists in the film and although it's hinted at throughout the film it really shocks when it eventualy happens. My 5-months pregant wife watched it with me and she got pretty pale during that scene but still admitted at the end she liked the film a lot.
Wow, your preggers wife watched WHO CAN KILL A CHILD??!! - she's a brave woman. Next step up for pregnant masochism has to be A L'Interier (INSIDE) followed by The Brood.
While I liked the film, the look, the mood and the basic plot the two adult characters bugged the hell out of me with their idiotic behaveure. Wonder what the remake will be like.