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Please Don't Feed the Children

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After a deadly viral outbreak, a group of orphans flees in search of a new life, only to be taken hostage by a woman hiding a sinister secret.

Critics Reviews

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Don Kaye Moviefone 2d
2/10
Please Don’t Feed the Children is vague, super-derivative, and mundane, with nothing to say thematically and nothing to add to an already well-worn genre. Go to Full Review
Paula Vázquez Prieto La Nación (Argentina) Dec 3
2/5
The film not only flounders in its repetitive plotting, but also resolves most scenes with an anticlimactic intent. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Pablo O. Scholz Clarín Dec 3
2/4
The film goes through several filters, one of them being gore, the horror filter, with supposedly scary scenes that are more funny than scary, and even a little bit disgusting. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Jorge Ignacio Castillo Starburst Sep 29
3/5
As a first feature Please Don’t Feed the Children is fine, but mechanical. Perhaps a little more feeling would make a difference next time. Go to Full Review
Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror Aug 11
2/5
Michelle Dockery is wonderful as the villain, who is (in classic genre film fashion) the most interesting and entertaining character of the movie. Unfortunately, it all feels quite forced, and I never connected much with any of the characters. Go to Full Review
Tyler Doupe Dread Central Jul 23
2/5
‘Please Don’t Feed the Children’ is a rudderless effort that never gets around to properly addressing its most compelling themes. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Dave K @BilboBagsy 3d It's actully a poorly executed hostage thriller as the children try to navigate an escape from a farmhouse while avoiding being killed by their captors or being fed to an infected. Michelle Dockery plays her role as the film's antagonist incredibly well. She completely sheds her refined role in Downton Abbey and other period dramas to become a nasty, creepy and twisted matriarch and jailor. Her performance is an outstanding and compelling change and it's probably the best thing about the film by far. The storytelling is very predictable and weak, but its biggest problem is that it's not really an apocalypse movie. The film would have worked much better as a typical horror thriller set in reality. Instead it’s a confusing and underdeveloped storyline that's set in a world that isn't where the film is set. Michelle Dockerly gives a captivating performance that shows her amazing range, it's the saving grace of the film. 5 / 10 See more Tomas G @RT82195215 Jun 30 The main cast being children added so much to the movie. It made the intensity of the scenes and my vested interest in the outcome that much more visceral, in a way that scary movies with an "older cast" just cannot replicate. They were fantastic actors and actresses as well! See more Keisha M. @RT51425514 Jun 15 Storyline in the beginning is interesting....adults despise the remaining population mostly children that survive a viral outbreak. When the kids get into the shoot-out at the gas station....one of the kids gets shot. This makes the kids seek any kind of medical help possible and fast before he bleeds out! They end up knocking at the door of a deranged woman who after tricking the group. Holds them hostage. The kids are forced to escape the torture she inflicts!!! See more prawnda S @RT72497680 Apr 15 please stop casting giancarlo esposito. he turns everything he touches into garbage. See more Small T @SmallTalk65 Jan 16 I set up an account to write a review. Please don't watch the children! It's terrible. See more Ian R @RT23899272 Jan 1 I saw that the Chicken man from a television drug show is in it. Big yawn from me. Pass on this messed up misdirected film. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After a deadly viral outbreak, a group of orphans flees in search of a new life, only to be taken hostage by a woman hiding a sinister secret.
Director
Destry Allyn Spielberg
Producer
Jason Dubin, Ben Kaye, Bill Kenwright, Josh Kesselman, Daniel Ryniker
Screenwriter
Paul Bertino
Distributor
Tubi
Production Co
Perry Street Films, Head Gear Films, Fieldhouse Productions, Metrol Technology, BKStudios
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 27, 2025
Runtime
1h 34m