Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things fingerprintHigh energy, emotionally cool.
Terrifying and violent
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Fantasy and show business
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Terrifying and violent
Fast from start to finish.
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things is terrifying, violent, and tense.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things is included with a subscription to AMC+, Shudder, Night Flight+, and FlixFling in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, FlixHouse, and Pluto TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and FlixFling. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 43/100 (IMDb 5.2, Rotten Tomatoes 50%, and Metacritic 47). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States. Content advisories: violence and disturbing imagery.
1 h 26 min
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things runs 1 h 26 min.
Yes. Critics average 49 and audiences 47 out of 100, so both groups see Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things much the same way.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 17 storytelling tropes for Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, including Dirty Coward, Ambiguous Situation, Developing Doomed Characters.
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