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This remake of ’70s Spanish horror film "Who Can Kill a Child?" is less a contemporary upgrade than an eagerly creaky exploitative throwback.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
This nastily efficient horror film delivers genuine chills.
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Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
A one-man band known as Makinov — he wrote, directed, produced, shot, edited and ran sound here — has done a pretty decent job in the chills department using a simple story, small cast and largely contained location.
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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Stripped down and edited for disequilibrium rather than clarity, “Play” is less interested in pandering to gorehounds than in highlighting our reluctance to view children as anything other than innocent.
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Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
Come Out and Play is a good example of how to eke out film thrills with a minimum of elements. Makinov should prove to be a filmmaker to watch.
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Slant Magazine by Nick Schager
Makinov's film expertly crafts a sense of dawning madness that hinges on its villains' unspoken fury at their elders.
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Village Voice by Scott Foundas
Even by the standards of the genre, the characters behave with astonishing stupidity, while Makinov tries repeatedly to mine suspense from slowly creeping up on his actors with the camera.