Who Can Kill a Child?

Original title: ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?

1976
R
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

8.3K

YOUR RATING

Play trailer1:34

2 Videos

51 Photos

Horror Mystery Thriller

A couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.A couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.A couple of English tourists arrive on an island where all the children have gone crazy and are murdering the adults.

Director
- Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Writers
- Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
- Juan José Plans
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

8.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
Writers
- Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
- Juan José Plans
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

Trivia
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador wanted Tom and Evelyn to speak English to each other throughout the movie. This would add to Evelyn's communication troubles since she isn't able to speak any Spanish at all. However, since the producers feared that the public would get distracted by the subtitles, they made a last minute decision and had both characters dubbed into Spanish for the original version. Ibáñez Serrador has always been very critical of this decision, he felt that it damaged the atmosphere of the film.

Goofs
The other female tourist trapped on the island is supposed to be Dutch, yet she clearly speaks German into the phone.

Quotes
Evelyn: What did the man of the pension tell you?
Tom: Just that something strange had happened to the kids on the island.
Evelyn: Strange... But what?
Tom: I don't know. Some sort of madness. I can't understand this.

Connections
Featured in Versión española: ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (2001)

User reviews78

Review

Featured review

Worth looking for for many reasons!

This remarkable and unusual horror film contains many powerful sequences, but one in particular stands out in my memory: The young husband, who's just beginning to realize that something about this island is very wrong, is attracted to a doorway by the sound of children's delighted laughter. He peeks through a crack in the door and observes a number of happy youngsters, all looking upward and swinging sticks, pinata-fashion, at something suspended from the ceiling. Then his gaze drifts upward, and we in the audience share his profound shock as he sees what the kids are swinging at.

This film hasn't received nearly the public or critical attention it deserves in the U.S. and isn't an easy film to find, except from off-the-beaten-path video companies. It is, however, well worth the patience of any true horror fan. Look for it!