in a not so well know piece of the maker of the singing detective and the group of child that be portray slowly yet steadily degress from just a bunch of playful kid into a sadistic bloodthirsty mob . instead of the suppose innocence of child that hollywood constantly try to force on cinema audience and this pic truly portray child fantasy world in all it crudeness . the fact that all child role be play by adult actor ( albeit strange at first ) work tremendously well .