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The Dead Children's Playground (2024)

2024 · James Kaine · 320 pages · United States of America

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Synopsis

A cemetery filled with innocents. A ghostly chill in the air. Will a short walk through the woods awaken a dark power? Kylie Macklin is eager to live a normal life. Freshly moved from Florida to Alabama and finally in remission from cancer, the optimistic nine-year-old is used to dodging her overprotective mom’s warnings. So when a new playmate invites her to hang out, the happy girl thinks nothing of the playground being located in a graveyard for young victims of the Spanish Flu… and a local serial killer. Kayla Macklin hates starting over. Forced to relocate after her little sister’s recovery, the sullen nineteen-year-old despises her new home more when she sees a terrifying vision in the nearby crypt. And as kids around town start to fall gravely ill, she begins to suspect there is something sinister at play. Tormented by a frightening specter’s ever-closer appearances, Kylie turns to her older sibling for help. But as Kayla digs into the history of the haunted ground, the twisted truths she discovers hint at a bloodthirst that can never be sated. Can they face down the malevolent force without tripping into their own graves?

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Why watch it?

A 2024 title built around Fantasy, Fiction and Horror. Directed by James Kaine.

Who is it for?

You’ll like it if you enjoy

Not ideal if you are looking for

  • Paranormal
  • Body horror
  • Witchcraft
  • Bestiary

Influences

  1. 1976
    Interview with the Vampire
  2. 2008
    Infected
  3. 2009
    Shadowed Summer
  4. 2017
    Meddling Kids
  5. 2019
    Wilder Girls
  6. 2024
    The Dead Children's Playground

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