Come Out and Play

Writer & director Makinov's homicidal horror chiller "Come Out and Play" poses a provocative premise: who would willingly harm a child? Makinov has fashioned a taut tale that leaves most of its chilling narrative about murderous children who wipe out all the adults of village on a remote island to your imagination. The eerie action is presented from the perspective of two carefree tourists on the island--pregnant Beth (Vinessa Shaw of "3:10 to Yuma") and Francis (Ebon Moss-Bachrach of "Stealth"), who comes to have a good time. Little do they expect the nightmare that awaits them. Based on Juan José Plans' novel, "Come Out and Play" qualifies as a well-made, calculated, melodramatic exercise in suspense comparable to the cinematic "Children of the Corn" franchise. Makinov brings the tension gradually to a boil as the film unfolds, and we see nothing alarming during the first 30 minutes as our hero and heroine become accustomed to their new surroundings. Afterward, they learn to their horror that the apparently harmless children are hopelessly homicidal, and these urchins have taken control over the village. Although "Come Out and Play" contains its share of devastating moments with children slaughtering adults, Makinov skillfully lensed those scenes so the children appear in cutaways rather than in the thick of the action. The final showdown on the pier as Francis repels their overwhelming numbers is truly good. He fights back unlike all the other doomed residents, and Francis doesn't pull punches as he disposes these kids with brutal passion. The highly ironic ending is something to be seen and savored. Indeed, "Come Out and Play" resembles the ending to the original "Night of the Living Dead" when the last survivor died at the hands of hunters shooting zombies on sight and mistaking the hero as a zombie. The people who gun down Francis are vaguely the equivalent of the Coast Guard, but they aren't prepared for what happens to them once that they have come to the rescue of the kids. Ultimately, "Come Out and Play" is one of those horror movies where evil is not thwarted.

Just finished this movie up and while it doesn't break any new ground (Children of the Corn, The Children, Eden Lake etc...) it still proved to be a chilling and well put together film (consider its less than $1 million budget). The actors all did a good job, the score was tight and the location created a tense atmosphere, an atmosphere of foreboding and isolation. It didn't explain any kind of motive behind the killer children but I think that worked in this films favor, it left an air of mystery that added to the overall appeal of this movie. The protagonists made a few choices that made me scratch my head but all in all this was time well spent.

'Come Out to Play' is about a nice young couple who take a romantic holiday to an island. On docking their boat, they find only children, but think nothing of it and proceed into town. However, although all shops are open, not one has an employee working. But they think nothing of it and start helping themselves to food from a café. They go for a walk round the town, but can't find anyone. But they think nothing of it and go to their hotel. However, upon arriving at their hotel, they don't find anyone there. But they think nothing of it and just carry on. This must have something to do with Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' theory as these people are clearly too dumb to deserve to live. Obviously, things finally start to go wrong at just over half way through the film when they finally realise that something is amiss. Then horrific stuff starts to happen, but, by this time, do we really care enough for these people? If you think you might, then give it a go. I, on the other hand, really couldn't see how they wouldn't have twigged sooner that this was not a place to take your holiday.

Last night I saw and it was totally unexpectedly great presentation of Horror "Genre". Simple yet great, Acting was superb, From the start until the end you don't wanna skip any single second. There wasn't many characters in this movie as you saw mention above, but those who aren't mention were great as well and they are lots of them. I know my Review don't say much,it isn't deep enough about the movie but what can I say, I like to review as short as simple as I can, but worth reading and easily understandable. As a Horror movies fan I definitely recommend this movie to all Horror fan. Quite honestly I don't wanna see another sequel of this movie because most of the good horror movies sequel are disaster "Example" Silent Hill Part 1 was Great but Part 2 was disaster another movie Resident Evil Part 1 was Great and all other Parts were disaster, Sure they made good fortune but as a Horror fan they were all ridicules. I guess you all got my point. 7.5 I rate this movie.

Seeing all the uneducated reviews its time someone with a bit of style added his review! Right , the reason everyone is criticizing this is because they are comparing it to some old film thats a cult classic, I've not seen it and my guess is this is better and you just have people with nostalgia reviewing. For me it's good , stylish , well filmed, well acted and very spooky. The film is edgy with a good pace and kept me wondering what was going to happen. Kids in the film were freaky and had me thinking ... God just go fully mentol and kill all the little things , but hey that's me. I def think this is a good watch , there's so much crummy horror out there and this is a real cut above all the nonsense. Can't believe there's loads of rubbish reviews for this , I watch every horror and I know my stuff , this is a great film and if you want something a little diff ( it's Spanish ) then it's a good film. Great ending also.

Shot off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan on the small island of Holbox (which creepy enough means 'Black Hole' in Yucatec Maya) it was perfect for Makinov's film as the population isn't over 500 and it's mostly all kids. There's virtually no vehicles on the small island, ran by children, because vehicles are not allowed entrance at all. This calls for a horror film to be shot there, right? Come Out and Play is a remake of the 1976 Spanish cult, "Who Can Kill a Child?" and Makinov answers that question in his film with a resounding "I can, and I can kill a bunch of them!" The story follows an American couple, Francis (played by Ebon Moss- Bachrach) and his pregnant wife, Beth (Vinessa Shaw) who are on a vacation (to work on things in their marriage) at Mexico's famous street festival, Carnival. Francis (Bachrach) rents a boat from a local fisherman to take his wife on an overnight excursion on the island. When they arrive they're greeted by kids playing on the dock. As the couple walk into the little town they quickly realize how quiet and void of any adults the town is. With the empty white sand streets of the village town and the bizarre 70's science fiction-zombie music playing throughout the whole film the director successfully creates an atmosphere of solitude and strangeness. As the couple decided to head further into town to find the adults they come upon a little girl hitting an elder man with his cane. Not long after, Francis witnesses the old man being drug through the street into a yard where a horde of laughing children with rocks and knives wait. That's when the film begins the pick up the pace, culminating into a 'do anything to survive the night' gory horror. Although 'Come Out and Play' is being compared to other 'crazy kids killing adults' films like 'Children of the Corn'(1984), 'The Brood'(1979) and 'Village of the Damned'(1995) (as it should be) the director takes a horrific story idea that has been done several times, and brings it back to life in a creatively artistic fashion. The 35 year old actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Francis), who looks amazingly like country singer, Blake Shelton (judge on the, The Voice), is the real driving force behind the heart-investment viewers will give to this film. As the husband (Francis) who feels a responsibility for putting his pregnant wife in this horrible nightmare, and the urgency to do anything he can to save her, Bachrach plays his role strongly. Although Bachrach's not a name too many people know yet as he usually plays 'the person of interest' or 'the friend of a friend', some of his work includes: 'The Lake House' (2006) where he played Henry Wyler, Craig Young in the television show 'Rubicon', and Nick Salenger in 'Damages'. I have a feeling that after his performance in 'Come Out and Play', we'll see more of him. For a director (Makinov) who had never worked with actors before, was responsible for directing, producing, editing, doing all the camera work, and on top of it never took his mask off (according to an interview with Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Makinov even spent some full days directing from inside a refrigerator and only ate food in stick form because it fit through the mouth-hole of his mask), I'd say "Well done". Over all, I really enjoyed Makinov's re-imagination of the original 'Who Can Kill A Child?' It is really gory at times, and I found myself watching some scenes through the safety of my hand over my eyes. There are a few questions the story leaves unanswered like; what happened to the children in the first place?, why did the young couple choose to go deeper into the creepy adult-free town once they realized no one was running the stores or hotels?, and screw gas, why didn't they get back in their boat and head towards Mexico which would've been better than staying the night on an evil island running rampant with kids who want to kill you? Out of a rating of 1 - 10 I give 'Come Out and Play'a strong 7.

A very moderate film for all intents and purposes. A pregnant woman and her husband take a little trip to an isolated city... only to find no-one is about. This should be their cue to get the fudge outta there, but nope... they help themselves to some free groceries, drinks and hotel rooms. Then, the children arrive. A whole pack of them. And tear an old man limb by limb, right in front of the disturbed couple. It's they who're responsive for the deaths of all the adults in town... because they just woke up that way. Hmph. And the grown-ups didn't fight back because... they're kids. Double Hmph. Regardless, our central pair must find a way out of this creche from hell, but they face even more danger from a being they could never have guessed... And there I must stop, as that scene constitutes the only real shock moment. It's kinda demented in retrospect, but I'll take what I can. It's not a chore to sit through... who could possibly not find hordes of little 'uns, running amok with hammers and knives at least a bit diverting? But the turgid way it's directed and plotted sap a lot of life out of the can't-miss scenario, making it passable at best. And if the ending is anything to go by, maybe it's time we beefed up our borders against asylum seekers even more... 5/10

I really wanted to like this remake of Spanish cult classic, Who Could Kill a Child (1975) AKA Island of the Damned. However the movie is so flat it becomes hard to sit thru since I knew the outcome from the very beginning. As for the acting? There was a reason the female lead of the original, Prunella Ransome, won the Best Actress award from the Sitges International Horror Film festival. Oh well, if you never saw the original, you might like this thriller. Keep in mind, it's not as fast paced as most recent horror thrillers. You might enjoy the build-up. Better yet, look for the original on The Dark Sky DVD label. Then you will see true fear.

We knew that already didn't we? Seriously though: The movie tries to not pull any punches but does fall back on some horror movie clichés where the viewer will not be able to stop shaking his head. Now I haven't seen the original movie, but the concept itself is not completely original anymore anyway. You don't have a big cast (if you don't count the many kids that are in this) so therefor it is very important to stay/stick with the few you have on board (no pun intended). But unfortunately they never really strike you or have you root for them. It's unfortunate because the journey they take and the allegories they try to play out never really fulfill their goal

Due to the location, great natural lighting and local atmosphere (wherever it was filmed) Come out and Play opens up well, these elements bring some nice cinematography and all said and done the cast is pretty strong - almost reminiscent of Monsters. The opening act left me with a drawn in feeling and I was impressed by this as I felt that holiday fish out of water sympathy for the characters as well as the great scenery making me want one. The two lead roles are taking a holiday island hopping in South America it would seem. All good although that voice in the back of the head begins with the 'what are they thinking the woman is heavily pregnant' - however the wonderful scenery and easy gait of the cast lull us along in this strange island where the adults are strangely missing and children are spotted here and there. This is a promising start for a sensible movie. There is an obvious homage to movies of the genre of yesteryear and this has certainly been done before, however this homage veers into replication of movies of yesteryear as the film progresses and ultimately unravels. This unraveling is the script as the film progresses the turn of events and characters simply get further into the realms of the silly. By the end I was drawing comparisons to The Island of Death - if you haven't seen the most banned movie of all time I can only recommend it as singularly the most bonkers movie I have ever watched, even more so because the makers seemed to take it seriously and they were all baked to the eyeballs obviously. Come out and Play doesn't match the grandeur of The Island of Death whose bonkerness is classic status however - I can suspend disbelief for a Sci-fi psychic link hive mind children idea, however as the script has actors simply perform actions that are silly - why does he keep leaving his heavily pregnant wife alone. They also meet a lady on the other side of the island whose not affected yet not even one mention of the savage children and everybody else dead? They also end up locking themselves in a pretty silly place then there's 'That Scene'. By this point I had gone through pretty much most emotions including hoping these protagonists would simply bite the dust and arrived at 'well this is just ridiculous' and reminiscing about The Island of Dead that did bonkers right proper. Taken as a homage to Who could Kill a Child with to be honest the same kind of script ham fistedness that existed in the seventies that deals its allegory with hammer smacks and little nuance this could be enjoyed however absolutely no modern take or contemptory flair is employed in the process. Making this, including the awful music a step into filming past and not necessarily in a good way.