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Children of the Full Moon

1980 · 52 min

A slow-creeping British folk horror that wraps you in eerie unease, with a deceptively warm host and feral children lurking in the woods.

Directed by: Tom Clegg
Genres: Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Christopher Cazenove, Celia Gregory, Diana Dors

Overview: A married couple, lost in the woods, stumbles across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old woman and deadly wolf children that scour the country-side looking for victims. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

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Directed by: Tom Clegg
Genres: Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Christopher Cazenove, Celia Gregory, Diana Dors

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 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: survival
isolation
family
deception
fate
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	2
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror, tv movie
Directed by: Tom Clegg
Written by: Murray Smith
Starring: Christopher Cazenove, Celia Gregory, Diana Dors, Robert Urquhart, Jacob Witkin, Adrian Mann, Victoria Wood, Sophie Kind
Runtime: 52 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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