Beware Children At Play

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	Michael Robertson	John DeWolfe
	Rich Hamilton	Sheriff Ross Carr
	Robin Lilly	Cleo Carr
	Lori Romero	Julia DeWolfe
	Jamie Krause	Kara DeWolfe
	Sunshine Barrett	Mary Rose Carr
	Mark Diekman	Luke Domain
	Mik Cribben	Farmer Isac Braun
	Susann Chandler	Mrs. Mary Braun
	Herb Klinger	Franklin Ludwig
	Lauren Cloud	Dale Hawthorn
	Lorna Courtney	Amy Carr
	Danny McClaughlin	Grendel
	Stephanie Jaworski	Alice Allegari
	Lee Kayman	Josiah Modicah
	Bernard Hocke	Professor Randall
	Eric Tonken	Young Glenn Randall
	Rick Bitzelberger	Dr. Fish
	Anne Grindley	Witness
	John Reischel	Witness
	Lucky	The 3-legged Dog
	Anthony Cartinella	Goblin
	Kristy Condon	Goblin
	Tommy Condon Correll	Goblin
	Deanell Lancet	Goblin

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Director	Mik Cribben
Writer	Fred Scharkey
Producer	Michael Koslow, Lawrence Littler, Linda Sanford, Ellen Wedner
Musician	Herschel Dwellingham
Photography	Mik Cribben

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My quick rating - 4,5/10. It really isn't a very good flick and doesn't even attempt to be. There is really only one really important scene that got this movie a ton of attention at the time. I won't spoil it but I will say that this flick is not shy about killing children on screen. The rest of the whole "kids rebel against the adults" part of this is poorly handled and quite stupid. Just teens supposedly go missing but in reality, are living in the forest as savages under some cult leader teaching them that adults are evil and need to be killed. There is no doubt that the writer Fred Scharkey had seen Children of the Corn or read the story it was based on and decided to toss in some more gratuitous violence aimed at kids for the shock value. The acting is laughable throughout this whole thing and the kids at times just couldn't be convinced that this was a movie and not a play date which does add some humor to it. I think for this to be seen now people would probably be in an uproar about what is done to the children. And that is what they wanted and I am sure is also the reason that Troma picked it up for distribution. This one is only going to be entertaining if you realize what you are in for and make sure to expect the worst. This isn't made by Troma so don't expect the bizarre humor and constant nudity and cartoon violence. This flick tries to make the shocks a bit more realistic on an absolute shoestring budget. You have been warned.

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