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Predicable and Flawed But Entertaining Werewolf Tale, 15 lipiec 2006
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

While driving in a lonely road with his wife Sarah (Celia Gregory) for their honeymoon in the cottage of his partner, the just-married lawyer Tom (Christopher Cazenove) has mechanical troubles with his car almost losing control. He parks the car and decides to walk in the woods with Sarah trying to find a telephone. They arrive in an isolated mansion and are welcomed by the bizarre Hungarian owner Mrs. Ardoy (Diana Dors), who lives with two dogs and eight foster children. Sarah and Tom are lodged to spend the night, when weird events happen. On the next morning, Tom is in a hospital recovering from a car wreck with Sarah and concludes that he had dreamed. When they return to their daily life, a pregnant Sarah has an intense sexual appetite and cooks only meat, while Tom is intrigued with his dream.

This episode of "Hammer House of Horror" has a promising premise, but in the end limits to be predictable and flawed. The first scene, with the blonde little girl in the woods with the dogs, discloses the secret of the plot. Tom has an inconsistent behavior, afraid while escaping from the beast, and climbing the window to investigate the surrounding area. Further, he initiates a discussion unarmed about werewolf with an odd woodsman with an ax in his hands. Anyway, this werewolf tale entertains. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "A Casa do Terror 3: Filhos da Lua Cheia" ("The Houses of Terror 3: Sons and Daughters of the Full Moon")

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Short, but twisted, 31 marzec 2002
Author: cellomaster from Washington

I don't think I will ever forget the first and only time I saw this mini horror movie. It was when I was 12 or 13 years old, and I was up late one night because I just couldn't sleep. I was watching the boob-tube around 1 or 2 in the morning, and I saw the start of this movie on TBS. I am not a big fan or horror movies, but for some reason I stuck around and watched it.

I remember the plot vividly. A young married couple are traveling through a remote part of England when their car stalls. They go in search of help in the woods, and find a mansion filled with children and a kindly old lady (maybe a little TOO kindly). They spend the night at the mansion, and learn that all of the parents of the children living their died mysteriously. One little girl even proceeds to tell about her own mother, who was just a beautiful as the visiting lady. Although the family living there is odd, the lost couple gives in to their agressive hospitality. During the night, a horrific event takes place and the young wife is raped by a werewolf.

The couple leaves the next day. The young wife ends up pregnant (due to the rape) and strangly drawn back to the house. She cannot stop talking about it, which drives a wedge between the woman and her husband. Eventually, near the end of the her pregnancy, the wife goes back to find the house. Her frustrated husband follows. The wife finds the house and is invited back in, and by some odd coicidence she goes into labor. Instead of calling the doctor, the kindly old woman offers to help deliver the baby. The young wife dies in childbirth, and the old woman remarks how the baby, a daughter, will make a fine addition to the family. The husband, meanwhile, gets close to the house and never gets in; a werewolf tracks him down and kills him. As it turns out, the children are wolves, too, and the parents are their prey. The new baby will be a wolf, too.

This movie is very unusual. First, the plot is pretty twisted. The movie iteself is also virtually unknown, as I cannot find any information about it on any other website besides distribution and limited cast information. I don't even remember the names of the characters, and I remember only a little about the old women (I have seen her act before) and the name Simon MacCorkindale, who is one if my favorite actors. I also remember the movie ending just as quickly as it began- it's only 60 minutes long, which is unusually short for a movie.

Overall, I liked the movie and I hope to see it again someday in the future now that I have more information about it. I have no idea why, but I never forgot it.

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Predicable and Flawed But Entertaining Werewolf Tale, 15 lipiec 2006
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

While driving in a lonely road with his wife Sarah (Celia Gregory) for their honeymoon in the cottage of his partner, the just-married lawyer Tom (Christopher Cazenove) has mechanical troubles with his car almost losing control. He parks the car and decides to walk in the woods with Sarah trying to find a telephone. They arrive in an isolated mansion and are welcomed by the bizarre Hungarian owner Mrs. Ardoy (Diana Dors), who lives with two dogs and eight foster children. Sarah and Tom are lodged to spend the night, when weird events happen. On the next morning, Tom is in a hospital recovering from a car wreck with Sarah and concludes that he had dreamed. When they return to their daily life, a pregnant Sarah has an intense sexual appetite and cooks only meat, while Tom is intrigued with his dream.

This episode of "Hammer House of Horror" has a promising premise, but in the end limits to be predictable and flawed. The first scene, with the blonde little girl in the woods with the dogs, discloses the secret of the plot. Tom has an inconsistent behavior, afraid while escaping from the beast, and climbing the window to investigate the surrounding area. Further, he initiates a discussion unarmed about werewolf with an odd woodsman with an ax in his hands. Anyway, this werewolf tale entertains. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "A Casa do Terror 3: Filhos da Lua Cheia" ("The Houses of Terror 3: Sons and Daughters of the Full Moon")

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Decent Hammer House of Horror episode., 10 maj 2007
6/10
Author: Paul Andrews (poolandrews@hotmail.com) from UK

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Hammer House of Horror: Children of the Full Moon starts as married couple Tom (Christopher Cazenove) & Sarah Martin (Celia Gregory) are driving down to Tom's bosses cottage deep in the English countryside, however en-route their car breaks down. They have no choice but to get out & walk, they come across a dirt track which leads to a large house where they are invited to stay the night by Mrs. Ardoy (Diana Dors). At first things seem nice but the large amount of children unnerves them as does the howling outside & when Tom is attacked by a mysterious creature they come to the conclusion something sinister might be going on...

Children of the Full Moon was episode 8 from this unfairly short lived British horror anthology TV series produced by Hammer studios, this originally aired during November 1980 here in the UK & was the second of two Hammer House of Horror episodes to be directed by Tom Clegg (along with The House that Bled to Death) & is far from the series finest 50 odd minutes but I still thought it was alright none the less. The script by Murray Smith starts off at a cracking pace & feels like classic Gothic Hammer horror as a couple break down on a isolated country road & end up in a spooky English mansion that hides a shocking secret & are invited to stay the night but about half way through it changes direction & tone significantly as the story revolves around the supposed mystery of whether Sarah is a Werewolf or not & whether Tom dreamt the whole incident but to be honest it doesn't take a genius to work it out. The short 50 odd minute duration helps keep things moving along & it entertains to an extent but it's just that compared to other's in this series it's not that great, it's worth a watch but nothing particularly special.

The low TV budget doesn't help things here, luckily the experience in making feature films probably helped the boys at Hammer turn in a surprisingly cinematic looking show obviously shot on 35mm film & if you keep an eye out during the series you will notice the same locations & props crop up on a regular basis. The locations are nice enough & it's generally well made except for the Werewolf masks which are OK I suppose but not that great an effect. There's not much gore here except a lamb with it's throat bitten out & some blood splatter on an axe. The acting is OK & I love the accents including Diana Dors who made this towards the back end of her career & didn't deserve the 'English Marilyn Monroe' tag anymore when she appeared in this.

Children of the Full Moon is a decent way to spend 50 odd minutes especially if your a horror fan or have an interest in Hammer studios, for me I liked it for sure but considering the other surprisingly excellent episodes in this series Children of the Full Moon pales a bit in comparison.

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Decent werewolf story., 6 kwiecieñ 2005
5/10
Author: Noel (Werewolf-Moviesdotcom) from Bromsgrove, England

It's that old plot device again, the one that has served many, many horror writers over the years ... a couple travelling through the countryside has car trouble, pulls over, and discovers a secluded house in the middle of nowhere. Either the house has no phone or they simply can't reach anyone, so they are forced to stay the night.

So cue the vampires, ghosts, demons ... or in this case a family of werewolves. The supposed owner of the house is an unnervingly friendly old lady played excellently by famous actress Diana Dors, just a few years before her death. She is step mother to eight creepy children. The couple become increasingly worried as strange things start happening. The husband is attacked by a strange creature in the woods, the wife has some odd encounters with the children, and eventually they are locked in their room. He tries to climb out of the window and ends up unconscious on the floor below while she is raped by a werewolf.

Already there's some pretty twisted stuff going on, enough to make me think this could be a great werewolf story. Anyway, the couple then end up in a hospital, the wife seems to have no memory of the events, claiming they simply crashed the car, and the husband thinks it was a dream. Over the next month or so she begins to act strangely, eating lots of meat and increasing her sexual appetite. However, just as it starts to get interesting ... it's the end of the episode. D'oh! I understand that there's only so much you can fit in to an hour-long episode, but if they'd just cut down on the boring scenes it could have all led to a great climax and ended up as a well-constructed, original werewolf story rather than just an interesting idea. Oh, well. I guess if you have nothing better to do, you might want to give this one a look, but don't go out of your way.

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Midnight people, 7 pa¼dziernik 2009
10/10
Author: Edgewalker from Tuxford, England

By 1980 Hammer should have been dead and buried, but Children of the Full Moon is as good as anything it produced during its heyday, the timeless hinterland that the hour operates in evokes the feel of The Witches or Fear in the Night and doesn't seem to belong anywhere. Diana Dors acknowledges that her bombshell days are long over by giving a measured but marvellously unpretentious performance; like the great Bette Davis, she didn't need her looks half as much as the executives imagined. Christopher Cazenove is smooth and dashing and Jacob Witkin manages to saunter in and steal the show with a truly superb character study. For midnight people everywhere.

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Mediocre Werewolf Episode, 22 sierpieñ 2009
5/10
Author: Benjamin Gauss from Salzburg, Austria

Generally speaking, I'm a fan of the great British Hammer Studios' 13-part TV series "Hammer House of Horror" (1980). It has to be said though, that, like it is the case with most other anthology series, the episodes aren't all equally good. Though it has its qualities, this eighth entry to the series, "Children of the Full Moon" is definitely one of the weaker HHH episodes. As the title suggests, the episode is about Werewolves, and while it has atmosphere it lacks surprises and is both silly and predictable. When married couple Tom (Christopher Cazenove) and Sarah (Celia Gregory) drive through a remote forest area, their car suddenly breaks down and nearly crashes. They seek help at a nearby mansion, where they are welcomed by a suspiciously friendly lady (Diana Dors) and her eight somewhat creepy children. When suddenly being attacked by a wolf-like creature, Tom looses consciousness. He awakes in a hospital bed, and his wife claims that he was in a coma after the car crash and that he just had a bad dream. However, Sarah begins to behave suspiciously... The episode does have atmosphere, as well as some creepy moments, but, overall, it is a letdown. The premise of children werewolves is a great one, and after a truly creepy opening sequence and a nice beginning one simply expects more than the actual outcome has to offer. Still, the film is entertaining enough and worth watching for HHH fans.

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Great cheesy werewolf fun, 30 kwiecieñ 2009
6/10
Author: Prof-Hieronymos-Grost from Ireland

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Tom (Christopher Cazenove) and Sarah (Celia Gregory) are off on their belated honeymoon, after Tom's work delayed it, Tom's boss has kindly let them use his country home in Somerset for their romantic getaway. On their drive through the remote country lanes they discuss their plans, when suddenly the car strangely begins to speed up, Tom desperately tries to stop the car but the brakes don't work, they brace themselves for a high speed collision but the car eventually slows down and stops in a lay-by. Relieved they both set off to find some help, but as they haven't even passed a car for many miles, they are doubtful they will find help for some time. Walking down the sun drenched leafy lanes they eventually come across an old rusty gate that leads into the forest, as there hasn't been any houses on the way they decide to take the path, the dense wooded path leads them to a large old house where they meet a soft spoken lady of the house, Mrs. Ardoy (Diana Dors), a mother of 8 beautiful children, Mr Ardoy is strangely absent.. More than 20 miles from the nearest town and with night closing in, Mrs Ardoy suggests they stay the night, Tom goes to fetch their luggage from their car, but returns swiftly in a panic, claiming he has seen a hideous creature in the forest, half man half beast, Mrs Ardoy tries to calm him claiming it must have been a stag, as the forest is awash with deer. Tom is scared but tries to hide it from Sarah as they have little choice but to stay, so after some dinner they are shown to their room, Mrs Ardoy suggests they stay in their room in case they scare the children who will be up all night celebrating a Hungarian festival. Tom and Sarah find this a very odd request, but decide to have an early night, but closing the curtains Sarah sees a hideous face at their second floor window, Tom senses they are in danger and climbs out the window to look for the culprit, half way down the drain pipe he hears some bloodcurdling screams from Sarah, he desperately climbs back up to help her, but falls to the ground and is knocked unconscious.

Tom wakes up in a local hospital, with Sarah by his side, Sarah tells him they were both lucky that they had not been killed in the car crash. Tom is startled and questions her about the Ardoys, Sarah laughs at his obviously outlandish dream.

Some time later and back at home, Tom becomes aware of a change in Sarah, her appetite for sex has become insatiable as has her penchant for rare steak. Tom however overlooks it as Sarah has announced they are going to have a child, but when Sarah suddenly disappears, Tom has an inkling where she has gone, it must be to the Ardoys, but do they really exist, Tom sets off to find her and solve this mystery once and for all.

In 1980, Hammer films whose Gothic films had suddenly become less popular in the mid 70's, in a decade that saw extreme horror hold sway, Hammer decided to have one last stab at the genre, this time for TV. For this, They left behind their usual expensive period settings and brought the horror firmly into the present day. It was an instant hit with TV audiences. Children of the full moon is a simple tale of a family of werewolves, that lure unsuspecting people to their home for the purpose of procreating with Mr Ardoy and continuing their werewolf line…oh and of course a wee bit of lunch ,it ends up for the most part being fairly predictable, director Clegg giving away the plot in the first scene and does so again as Tom returns to see if the Ardoy house is there or not. Still though for fans of Hammer and Amicus its good cheesy fun and I guess its not easy to fit everything into an hour. . The leads are fine and look comfortable in their roles but its Diana Dors who steals the film, her calm, quietly spoken character has a twinkle in her eye that gives a repressed air of menace that lurks somewhere inside, that belies her regular iconic public image. The rushed ending also follows the de rigeur big twist finale, not so much with the plot as with the outcome, which I had forgotten, but I was pleasantly surprised with it. There's a nice scene too with a woodsman towards the end, that has the viewer thinking one way and then the other, before Tom finally comes to terms with the horrific reality of the situation he is in. The series is not for everyone, but for viewers of a certain age, Hammer House of Horror is pure gold.

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Weak little Wolverines..., 11 grudzieñ 2006
4/10
Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

I anticipated the episode following the masterful "Silent Scream" to be a lot weaker, but "Children of the Full Moon" is more than just weak; it's an actual disappointment! This short movie directed by Tom Clegg ("McVicar") is senseless, incredibly predictable and far too implausible to evoke any feelings of fright or disturbance. I love a good old-fashioned tale about werewolves & full moon curses, but Murray Smith's screenplay lacks the bright ideas to become one. The plot centers on a young couple as they're traveling through a remote area when their car suddenly breaks down and nearly crashes. Tom and Sarah seek for help in the only house for miles around, where a friendly old lady and her eight (!) children welcome them with open arms. Tom loses consciousness during a nightly attack by a strange looking monster and wakes up in a hospital bed and Sarah tries to convince him it was all just a bad dream. Still, she's pregnant now and mysterious forces draw her back to the isolated house she claims doesn't exist. The pre-credits intro looked promising, as it showed a little girl with blood on her lips devouring a lamb, but the rest of the story made little to no sense at all. It's obvious that the old lady – Diana Dors – and her partner are breeding an army of junior werewolves, but for what purpose and why implicate strangers in their fiendish plan? The answers to these questions are never given, and the story doesn't even focus on the eight children that much. A horror short about werewolf-children would have been quite original, yet we never see them transform in hairy little monsters with huge fangs or sharp claws. In fact, there's just one transformation-sequence in the whole episode, yet the special effects were laughable and far below usual Hammer standards. Oh well, they can't all be winners I guess…

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Doesn`t Hold Up To Repeat Viewing, 21 wrzesieñ 2003
3/10
Author: Theo Robertson from Isle Of Bute, Scotland

I remember first seeing this in 1980 as part of THE HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR series and everyone was talking about it at school on Monday . I saw it for a second time last night and to be honest it`s not much cop . It`s just another predictable story of a newly wed couple getting lost and spending the night at a creepy mansion that`s owned by a woman with a west country accent and being a horror story it`s always bad news to spend a night at a mansion owned by someone with a west country accent

Two things I noticed about watching it for the second time : First up is the very poor budget . Unless I`m imagining it there only seems to be one set used and the set designer hides this fact by using different furniture scene to scene ( I might be wrong of course ) while the werewolf make up is absolutely laughable . Secondly watching it a second time you can`t fail to notice how predictably it all plays out . In many ways the story is structured like a whodunnit and just like any whodunnit it`s only worth watching once at most

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