The Children (R2/UK BD) in March

Vertigo Films and Contender Home Entertainment have announced the UK DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of The Children on 30th March 2009. This British horror is written and directed by Tom Shankland (WAZ) and based on a screenplay by Paul Andrew Williams (London To Brighton). Set at Christmas, what starts as a relaxing house party for two families coming together to celebrate the festive season gradually turns into a horrifying fight for survival as one by one the children mysteriously fall ill and begin to turn against their parents with increasingly disturbing consequences.

Extras include:

• The making of The Children
• Location Featurette
• Paul Hyatt talks Prosthetics
• Snow Set Design Featurette
• Deleted Scenes
• Tom Shankland’s On-Set Lair
• Working with Children Featurette