Karen, Sarah, and Emma Tunney are all moving to a small town in Pennsylvania where, unknown to them, in 1913, a horrid mine accident trapped dozens of children alive, underground. But there’s a problem. They’re still alive.

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Film Cast:

• Karen Tunny: Lori Heuring
• Sarah Tunny: Scout Taylor-Compton
• Emma Tunny: Chloë Grace Moretz
• Harold Thompson: Geoffrey Lewis
• Aaron Hanks: Ben Cross
• Lisa: Julie Rogers
• Walter: Michael McCoy
• Bull Foreman: Velizar Binev
• William Carlton: Martin McDougall
• Sean: Chris Jamba
• Tim: Craig Vye
• Trevor: Vladimir Mihaylov
• Mary: Helia Grekova
• Explosives Captain: George Zlatarev
• Russel: Atanas Srebrev
• Caleb: Ioan Lov
• Ryan: Alexander Ganchev
• Zombie: Albena Ivanova
• Zombie: Alexander Alexandrov
• Zombie: Emil Antov
• Zombie: Emil-Alexander Georgiev
• Zombie: Georgi Mikovski
• Zombie: Itai Diakov
• Zombie: Ivan Danailov
• Zombie: Joana Georgieva
• Zombie: Kalina Kyuchukova
• Zombie: Konstantin Rafailov
• Zombie: Marchela Varbanova
• Zombie: Mihaela Rafailova
• Zombie: Simeon Velkov
• Zombie: Nikoleta Stoycheva
• Zombie: Sevar Ivanov
• Zombie: Tzvetomir Kolev
• Zombie (uncredited): Siso Kamburov

Film Crew:

• Executive Producer: John Thompson
• Executive Producer: Jack Gilardi Jr.
• Production Design: Carlos Silva Da Silva
• Executive Producer: Trevor Short
• Casting: Mariana Stansheva
• Producer: David Varod
• Producer: Joost Scholte
• Producer: Anton Hoeger
• Story: Boaz Davidson
• Original Music Composer: Tim Jones
• Executive Producer: Ewerhard Engels
• Line Producer: Israel Ringel
• Art Direction: Sonya Savova
• Director: J.S. Cardone
• Casting: Andrea Clark
• Producer: Danny Lerner
• Executive Producer: Danny Dimbort
• Director of Photography: Emil Topuzov
• Casting: Ferne Cassel
• Editor: Alain Jakubowicz
• Executive Producer: Avi Lerner
• Costume Design: Gina Hendrix
• Set Decoration: Nina Ruseva
• Screenplay: Ben Nedivi
• Makeup Artist: Sofi Hvarleva
• Key Makeup Artist: Violeta Lazarova
• Key Hair Stylist: Rositsa Tsanovska
• Key Makeup Artist: Ivon Ivanova
• Second Assistant Director: Petya Evtimova
• First Assistant Director: Sholto J. Roeg
• Special Effects: Willie Botha
• Stunt Double: Dimiter Doichinov
• Stunt Double: Asen Asenov
• Stunt Coordinator: Borislav Iliev
• Stunt Double: Zahari Grozdanov
• Stunt Double: Kalin Kerin
• Stunt Double: Georgi Manchev
• Stunts: Elitsa Razheva
• Stunt Double: Vencislav Stojanov
• Stunts: Teodor Tzolov
• Stunts: Kaloian Vodenicharov
• Camera Operator: Georgi Raykov

Movie Reviews:

• John Chard: Something Wicked Thus Way Comes.
• A widow and her daughters move into the inherited family home and get terrorised by “zombie” kids from the local Carlton mining disaster that occurred many years earlier.
• You know very early from the off that we the audience are going to be asked a lot of as regards character behaviours and rationales. The grieving mother moves herself and her daughters into what can only be described as an isolated pig sty, and right from the off all the warning signs are there for them that all is not well in this part of town.
• Story unravels in standard revenge from the grave formation, but the setting is very much in the film’s favour even if the core story is not. Creepy forest, crumbling abodes and the spectre of the mine disaster ready to unleash its secret. The kids themselves are actually ghosts who eat meat, human or animal, so it was a tenuous marketing strategy to be calling it a zombie film.
• However, the kids themselves are splendidly ghoulish, pale faced and dark eyed, these very much are creepy kids. Low tone cinematography and gentle pacing help the mood considerably, and cast performances are fine given that the writing saddles them with weak dialogue exchanges and drawn out sequences obviously used to extend the running time. A teen romance strand involving the eldest daughter also just feels like filler.
• A modest spooker but certainly watchable enough, atmosphere and location setting ensure this is the case. 4/10