# Kinder des Todes (1980)

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**Original title**: *The Children*
**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Horror, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Max Kalmanowicz
**Written by**: Carlton J. Albright, Edward Terry
**Starring**: Martin Shakar, Gil Rogers, Gale Garnett, Shannon Bolin, Tracy Griswold, Joy Glaccum

> *...thank God they're somebody else's!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Deserted school bus on a rural road in autumn, creaking metal. Children's faces twisted. A low budget horror staple of the 80s.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult

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