The Children (a.k.a The Children of Ravensback) is a 1980 low budget horror film. It was written and produced by Carlton J. Albright. The movie is about five children in a small town who, thanks to a yellow toxic cloud, end up being turned into bloodless zombies with black fingernails who microwave every living thing they put their hands on. The surviving adults of the town have to try to put a stop to them. The film is rated R for language, drug use, and gory violence.

The film is currently being distributed by Troma Entertainment.

Trivia

• One drive-in theater in Tucson, Arizona had a 6-mile traffic backup on the film’s opening weekend.
• The sound made when the zombified children are killed is made from the sound of cats in heat.
• Most of the actors and actresses in this movie are unknowns. In fact, this movie was the first and last role of four of the five children who acted in it. Gil Rogers (Billy) appeared on daytime soaps Guiding Light and All My Children, and Gale Garnett (Cathy) had a hit record in 1964 with “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine.”

Cast

• Martin Shakar John Freemont
• Gil Rogers Sheriff Billy Hart
• Gale Garnett Cathy Freemont
• Shannon Bolin Molly
• Tracy Griswold Deputy Harry Timmons
• Joy Glaccum Suzie MacKenzie
• Jeptha Evans Paul MacKenzie