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(April 19, 2026) Original
(June 14, 2026) New Trailer (#2) — New Poster (#3)

Release Date:

August 7, 2026

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.”

Poster Rating: C / C+ / B+

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Review: (#1, C) The “watch out for children” tagline would be more intriguing were it accompanied by a creepy child but it’s not, the suggestion of the figure in the window is that it’s an adult preying on children rather than the opposite. (#2, C+) This consistency of the blood isn’t quite perfect, especially the portion on the ice cream and the forefinger but it does a solid job getting across the notion of horror related to children but again there’s no suggestion that the kids are who the audience should be afraid of.

(#3, B+) Although the design is obviously heavily manipulated (i.e. the ice cream man in the window), it gets its point across incredibly well. The possessed child, the bloody severed head, and the non-tagline admonishment “Watch Out for Children” works incredibly well together to tell you exactly the kind of movie this is.

Trailer Rating: C / B+

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Review: (#1, C) 1984’s Children of the Corn might not have piloted the psycho killer children concept (Village of the Damned certainly predates them both by almost 20 years) but bears a striking resemblance to the events depicted in this film, namely psychotic children killing for unknown reasons. Of course King’s horror classic established a reason for the slaughter. This film doesn’t quite get there, though the suggestion that the creepy ice cream truck might be the source. It’s Weapons except the kids are doing the killing this time. Perhaps the analogy doesn’t quite work but neither does the presentation in this trailer.

(#2, B+) Let’s start off with a caveat. This trailer is not for everyone. Not even the breadth of horror films will want to watch this trailer. It’s that unnerving but unnerving is what we want in our horror films. There’s plenty of gore but at what expense? It presents some many gruesome killings that one has to wonder what could be left in the film to excite audiences. Eli Roth may not be a great filmmaker but after Hostel, you can finally see him returning to the blood-letting fest that made him and that earlier film successful.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

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