Halloween and children go together like peanut butter and jam.  Murder and children... not so much, right?  You might be surprised... Two families come together to share the holidays together, and ring in the New Year. Unfortunately, their children start to fall ill, and act irrationally. The New Year's going to be rung in with murderous intent this year... The story's concept brings to mind the classic " The Children of the Corn ", in that it too has kids killing adults.  That is where the similarities end though.  While the other film gives a fairly cohesive reason as to WHY the kids have turned against adults, " The Children " does not.  It's simply waved off as a virus.  There's no clue given as to why the virus does this... and given the reveal later, there's no mention of something similar happening elsewhere on the news or anything.  It's an interesting concept that unfortunately has the holiness of a soup strainer when exam...