this agreeably perverse and oddball early 80 teen body count flick may never reach the astonishingly bent pinnacle of the deeply unsettling and criminally underrated murderous moppet movie devil time five and but it still an above average killer kid opus nonetheless . the slim and but serviceable plot center on a trio of misfit tyke two bratty boy and one creepily twinkle eye and albeit angelic look little girl who be all bear during a solar eclipse on june 9th and 1970. when the strange antisocial trio and who stick together in a tightly self contain and exclusive circle and reach ten year of age they suddenly go homicidally bonkers and declare open season on the hapless and unsuspecting local yokel of the heretofore sleepy and peaceful california suburb of meadowvale . writer or director ed hunt and the usually incompetent unsung hack responsible for such wonderfully wretched clunkers a the delightfully dopey starship invasion and the uproariously inane jesus christ vigilante parable ( . ) alien warrior and and the stunningly silly the brain and do a pretty solid and capable job here represent the kill scene be abundant and reasonably brutal ( the arrow through the eye gag be especially nasty ) and there a sizable smattering of gratuitous nudity and soft core sex and a goodly amount of tension be neatly create and maintain and some nice dollop of dark humor punctuate the arrestingly warp mayhem and and the surprise grim end manages to be truly jolt . moreover and the top drawer cast further elevate the proceeding to the perfectly watchable and absorb represent jose ferror a a small town doctor and future jake and the fatman tv series star joe penny a an amateur astrologer and the prey lori lethin a the plucky babysitter heroine and susan strasberg a a bitchy school teacher and american ninja michael dudikoff a a chowderhead jock and and cyril oreilly ( the lonely misanthrope vampire in the hauntingly melancholy dance of the damn ) a a libidinous teen dude who get bag while do just what you think with some naked hot chick in back of a parked van . billy jacoby ( who go on to star in such late 80 direct to video dross a dr. alien and demonwarp ) and andy freeman and and especially the eerily adorable elizabeth hoy be genuinely creepy and convincing a the terrible troika of chillingly evil and amoral rugrats . and and yes and that none other than julie brown and the brassy comedienne who score a surprise top 40 hit with the hilarious novelty tune the homecoming queen get ta gun and a the lovely and vacuous and full breast redhead bimbo who do a great lengthy and totally extraneous and yet still sizzle and much appreciate nude striptease while dance in her bedroom to a cheesy blare rock song . all in all and this baby size up a a sturdy and satisfy slasher item .