On May 23, 2011, Eureka Video will release Narcisco Ibáñez Serrador's
WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? (¿Quién Puede Matar a un Niño?) on DVD in the UK for the first time in its disturbing uncut form. A British couple (
DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE's Lewis Fiander and
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD's Prunella Ransome) travel to a remote Spanish island and find it completely and unexpectedly deserted, except for some deadly pint-sized terrors who are armed and dangerous. Stephen King must have surely seen this film under its American International release title ISLAND OF THE DAMNED (in a version missing its disturbing opening sequence) when he wrote the short story CHILDREN OF THE CORN. Tensely directed by Serrador - whose
THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (La Residencia)
is another neglected horror classic - and scored by Waldo de los Rios (
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
), WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? also stars Luis Ciges (
VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES
) and Marian Salgada, the possessed tyke of Amando de Ossorio's
DEMON WITCH CHILD (La Endemoniada)
.
REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region 2 PAL at DVDBeaver
WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? DVD specs:
- Anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
- English/Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
- English subtitles for the Spanish dialogue
- English Hard of Hearing Subtitles
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A great spot in reference to Childen of the Corn, Eric, I never considered that... I always knew this film under the slightly smoother title "Would You Kill A Child" as this was the title of the Derann pre-cert VHS that was doing the rounds in the early 80's... Under any title it's remains a minor masterpiece...
ReplyDeleteSmoother, but the "Who Can" version quotes the rhetorical question in the film's dialogue.
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