TV series

Children of the Stones

1977 · 1 season

A creeping, unsettling folk-horror atmosphere pervades this slow-burn mystery, with eerie chants and a sense of ancient dread.

Tagline: Happy Day!
Overview: In a sleepy English village surrounded by a megalithic stone circle, an astrophysicist and his teenage son arrive to research the standing stones, but end up delving into the past in ways they never expected.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, isolation, fate, power
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
isolation
fate
power
family
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none