Overview
A chilling tale of innocence turned deadly as children become the hunters.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- oppressive
- harrowing
- late night horror viewing
- classic horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an intelligent, artful, and deeply disturbing horror thriller whose premise and sustained tension outweigh reservations about its third act.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Tom and Evelyn face children who attack adults while social morality prevents the obvious defensive response.
The English couple arrives by boat on Almanzora and finds the adult population absent, leaving them cut off among hostile children.
The Mediterranean island, village streets, and popular festivity contrast with silent children and escalating murder.
The children's attacks are linked to a mysterious force or madness and frame their rebellion against cruel or indifferent adults.
Films like Who Can Kill a Child?, and why
The Children
isolated setting, social dread, and children as a terrifying collective threat
The Innocents
disturbing child-centered horror, rural isolation, and escalating psychological terror
The Omen
unsettling children, supernatural menace, and bleak atmosphere rooted in family anxiety
The Wicker Man
folk-horror atmosphere, isolated community, and adults confronting an alien moral order
Movie Details
- Director
- Chicho Ibáñez Serrador
- Release Date
- 1976-04-26
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (298)
Cast
- Lewis Fiander
- Prunella Ransome
- Antonio Iranzo
- Miguel Narros
- María Luisa Arias
- Marisa Porcel
- Juan Cazalilla
- Luis Ciges
- Antonio Canal
- Aparicio Rivero
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Who Can Kill a Child? about?
- A pregnant English tourist and her husband become trapped on a Mediterranean island where silent children have turned against every adult.
- What is Who Can Kill a Child? like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Who Can Kill a Child? as measured, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Who Can Kill a Child? violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Who Can Kill a Child? as graphic.
- What did critics think of Who Can Kill a Child??
- Critics broadly regard the film as an intelligent, artful, and deeply disturbing horror thriller whose premise and sustained tension outweigh reservations about its third act.
- Which films are like Who Can Kill a Child??
- Films with a similar feel include The Children, The Innocents, The Omen, and The Wicker Man.
- How long is Who Can Kill a Child??
- Who Can Kill a Child? runs 112 minutes.
- Where can I watch Who Can Kill a Child??
- In United States, Who Can Kill a Child? is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
