Child Eater
- 2016
- 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
A simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.A simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.A simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.
- Awards
- 5 wins
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProduced by Perri Nemiroff co-Host of Collider Nightmares on the Collider Video YouTube channel and regular panellist on Collider Movie Talk. Collider Jedi Council (2015) and Collider Mail Bag and After Ash the official Ash VS Evil Dead After Show (2015). And the host of Collider Behind The Scenes.
- Quotes
Lucas Parker: They say if a sparrow flies through your house... someone is going to die
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits we see the undead Robert Bowery crouched under a bridge consuming eyeballs, presumably those of Helen and her father
- ConnectionsVersion of Child Eater (2012)
- SoundtracksLeave it All to You
Music by Bjorn Thoroddsen
Lyrics by Erlingur Ottar Thoroddsen
Performed by Una Stefansdottir
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50/50 vision... decent, but could've been better.
"Child Eater" felt like a second-rate "Jeepers Creepers" creation in what's a commonplace independent bogeyman horror (expanded from a short film) playing on the fears of what's lurking in the pitch dark and the protective instincts and responsibilities of parenting, or becoming one. It slowly escalates and pans out like a slight cautionary/or urban folklore tale without the complexities. Writer/director Erlingur Thoroddsen uses conventional tropes in trying to strike up an even balance between the ominously serene atmospherics (of throwaway sound fx) and brazen jolts (by inflicting grisly eyeball trauma). For some reason everything is magnified, including the spotty acting, therefore the story is limited by its small scale origins as the creepiness eventually evaporates into dogged silliness. Expect numerous false build-ups, sudden flashes of a looming figure and characters constantly wandering around investigating every strange occurrence/or sound. Although I did get a kick out of the closet shock. Visually the aesthetics are stylishly executed, dimly lit passages of an isolated old house and barn with an encroaching woodland, but how it gets there is predictably muffled in its formulaic tailoring. The background of the titular monster is delivered throughout in constant monologues, where it would stop everything to explain detailed stories, or horrific past events about this (confusingly) infamous supernatural serial killer. The more we learnt, the less interesting, even unnerving it became. An okay time-waster, but nothing more.
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $4,422
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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