# Halloween-style movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275 "2020-06-09T00:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/1 "2020-06-09T00:43:43Z")
I have a friend who saw a scary movie in the early 80s when she was a baby and wanted to know if she remembered it correctly. She said it was at Halloween time and was Halloween named or related. All she remembers was strange, zombie-like people that would touch people and the people would become sort of burnt or crispy-looking. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/2 "2020-06-09T00:48:51Z")
[The Children](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080527/?ref_=tt_urv)? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/3 "2020-06-09T00:51:53Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > [The Children](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080527/?ref_=tt_urv)? “A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.” I need to see this. Like tonight. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/4 "2020-06-09T14:18:04Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > “A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.” > > I need to see this. Like tonight. I saw this was available on Amazon Prime movies and took note of it, because I like a good shlocky 80’s horror movie. But be warned, it’s a Troma production, which may work for you, but Troma movies are very intentionally campy, and I like unintentional camp. And it’s in 4:3 aspect ratio, which I find annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/5 "2020-06-09T15:06:25Z")
Troma - they’re the ones who did “The Toxic Avenger”, right? Sounds like it would be right up my alley. If it’s free on Prime, I might have to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/6 "2020-06-09T17:27:52Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Troma - they’re the ones who did “The Toxic Avenger”, right? Yep, the very same. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/7 "2020-06-10T00:15:53Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > [The Children](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080527/?ref_=tt_urv)? My friend said that you’re a genius and she wants to have your babies. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/8 "2020-06-10T00:37:23Z")
It’s also on Youtube for free. I don’t know if I’m allowed to link it here. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/9 "2020-06-10T02:14:12Z")
Yeah, Troma are hit or miss funny horrible, or just horrible horrible. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/10 "2020-06-10T09:06:54Z")
At least one reviewer described this 2008 British thriller - also called **The Children** - as bearing a strong resemblance to the 1980 film of the same name. Might be worth checking out for fans of the Killer Kids genre. > **[The Children](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1204946-children)** > > Two families gather at an upscale English estate in late December. Elaine (Eva Birthistle) and her sister, Chloe (Rachel Shelley), along with their husbands and children, are set for a weekend of family bonding and winter fun. But when they arrive,... ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275/11 "2020-06-10T10:34:16Z")
> [@LLCoolL](#): > > At least one reviewer described this 2008 British thriller - also called **The Children** - as bearing a strong resemblance to the 1980 film of the same name. Might be worth checking out for fans of the Killer Kids genre. > > [The Children | Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1204946_children) I’ve never seen the 1980 original but I quite liked the 2008 one. I saw it when it came out (a year later on cable probably) and then again a couple years ago and still liked it a lot on second viewing. The 2008 film isn’t campy at all. Very low budget and all that entails but well done.