MVD Entertainment Group has selected Mar. 28 as the DVD
debut date for writer/director Erlingur Thoroddsen’s horror chiller, Child
Eater (which is based on his own 2012 short film of the same name).
A gruesome opening hook sets the tone as we quickly skip ahead
to the present day. This set-up is
extremely effective on at least two levels … first, like fingernails on a
blackboard, the opening sequence puts the viewer on edge. Second, you are forewarned as to what will be
coming!
With Child Eater, a new, iconic horror creature
could be born. Like those before him,
such as Freddy Krueger or the Candyman, Robert Bowery (played by Jason Martin)
is blessed with a trait — a killing trait — that is so creepy that just
mentioning it (he consumes children’s eyes) is off-putting; sick. He’s all about terror; he defines it!
So now, as mentioned, in the present day we are introduced
to Lucas (Colin Critchley), a young boy whose mother has recently passed away
and who is being cared for by a young woman named Helen (Cait Bliss) — think: Laurie
(Jamie Lee Curtis) from Halloween. She is the daughter of the local sheriff, so
she’s well aware of all of those old tales about Robert Bowery — long since
dead, so no worries. The dead can’t
hurt you!
Lucas goes missing, he kept telling her that there was a boogeyman
in his closet … and sure enough, there was (and we have a pretty good idea who
that is). So Helen does what any good babysitter would do, she takes off after
him — into the spooky woods, of course — and as with all creepy pursuits, in
the dark, the mind is prone to playing tricks.
And plenty of “tricks” there will be as the terror mounts and the time
grows short … Child Eater is a must for genre fans!
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