Who Can Kill A Child? (1976)

Director: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador

Genre: Horror

Country: Spain

Summary: A British couple visits an island from their past, but when they arrive they are shocked to discover that the only inhabitants are now children. As they struggle to unravel the mysterious disappearance of the island’s adults, they become caught up in a bloody, supernatural horror.

Impressions: I totally forgot I watched this last week! This movie hasn’t been available for years; it only became available in 2007 when it was finally released on DVD. I recommend watching it with out the dubbing. The dialogue is mostly in Spanish, but the British couple speaks English. I watched the dubbed version, where the couple has Spanish voiceovers, and it really detracted from the effects of disorientation in the film.

The first half of the film is a very mysterious segment, where the couple is trying to figure out what’s going on. The second half, after things start getting explained, is more of a thrill ride/chase scene played out over an hour. The movie, running almost two hours in length, is a little too long for its subject matter, and the ending is bittersweet but delightful in its foreshadowing. If you can spare the time to sit through the whole thing, you could do worse than this horror flick.

3 out of 5