jaguiar313 During the early 1900s in a rural Pennsylvania mine, a group of children used as workers are killed when a dynamite charge is used unsafely while they're inside. Now in modern day, pretty widow Karen (Lori Heuring) and her two daughters, young Emma, (Chloe Grace Moretz) and teen Sarah, (Scout Taylor-Compton) move into a recently inherited property in the area. Soon supernatural occurrences begin to happen and Karen finds out that the vengeful children still inhabit the woods at night sating their hunger for revenge by devouring anyone foolish enough to be out there after dark. Worse yet, her family may be tied to these ghouls in a much deeper way then just living in their domain. Director J.S. Cardone gives the film a nice atmosphere and keeps a story that might have gotten silly appropriately creepy. Cinematographer Emil Topuzov gives the film a nice visual style and makes use of the dark Bulgarian woods (which stand in for Pennsylvania) and the old house our characters occupy. The cast does well too with Heuring giving depth to the strong willed mother trying to start a new life for her girls and now faced with an unnatural horror. As the girls, the young Moretz is good as Emma, who one of the dead children is drawn too, and Compton plays the rebellious teen very well. They are joined by genre vets Geoffrey Lewis as the local handyman and Ben Cross as a hermit with ties to the flesh eating specters. The film's not perfect, the pace is a bit slow, though, I feel that is deliberate, and some of the plot elements are a bit cliché' for this type of flick (ominous warnings from the local eccentric, local teens ignoring the legends and going in the woods at night) . But, one can forgive some of the flaws and familiarities as the film provides enough chills and there is some decent gore too. Overall a spooky little horror flick that never tries to be more then what it is. More like 6.5/10

MissOceanB As written in the film's description, children were used in 1913 to help build a mine and many died...sort of. I enjoyed seeing the younger Chloe Grace Moretz (Dark Shadows, Hick, etc.) in the film; she's a great actress. The film moves along quite slowly with some scares here and there and the unravelling story of what really happened to all the "dead" children. There are some interesting moments about faith and how to deal with the ghost children and the location and backdrop (especially the house) is well done. However, the film could really have had a much more extended storyline which would definitely have increased the ratings. I find this movie would have been better as a "made for T.V." flick. I particularly enjoyed the last 30-45 minutes of the film but the ending left me confused. One thing that I'll take away from this film is how common these types of accidents were (and still are) throughout the world. I am from Vancouver BC Canada and when the Pacific railway was being built, MANY members of minority groups (Asians for the most part) were killed during construction and were used as opposed to Caucasians (sadly). Canada is still paying sums to families affected by all the deaths.If you're looking for an interesting (but by no means enthralling) supernatural thriller, give this film a chance.

Tina Thomas This is one film I highly recommend for those "Zombiefest" or "Zombie Apocalypse" parties. You've got killer zombie children--and the reason they became that way is "logical" once you get through the weird and look at the back story. This ensemble did well in this flick but one person stands out in it and that is Ben Cross.In playing Hanks, Cross delivers a performance that is believable. One is left thinking a guy like that can exist out here! He knows when to hold back and deliberate and he knows when to throw those lines out there like somebody's freaking life depends on it--like when he's trying to start the truck and get the heck out of there!Hanks also is the "caretaker character". He knows the hows and the whys and does not tamper with what is--he just tries to keep the zombies out of everybody's hair. HE also works very well with kids from what I see here. He was convincing. Chloe Moertz looked scared when he addressed her. I definitely wouldn't want to be on that guy's crap list after watching him here OR in Dark Shadows Resurrected.I think the gory scenes were overkill at times, but at least this movie spent more time focusing on the real story--the hows and whys rather than the blood, guts and gore.

Miraxxxx WLT is a very interesting movie, a good amount of gore, and suspense. It keeps you guessing whats going to happen next. Although, it was boring in the beginning, it got you excited towards the middle and end. This could be a spoiler to you----- The end where they leave just does not make sense. She has hardly any money, and doesn't know where shes going. This movie makes you scared for the characters, and feel bad for the little miner children. It has some funny moments, and exciting moments. In my opinion, I liked the car scene with the teenagers the most. Honestly, I'm not one to watch gory gory scary scary movies. So I'll give this movie a lot of stars, because I will never ever go camping deep in the forest. Stars given---- **********