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Please Don't Feed the Children

Please Don't Feed the Children

Horror · Thriller · 2025

After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.

Movie details

Please Don't Feed the Children

“Don't run. Don't scream. Don't break the rules”

2025 Horror · Thriller 1h 34m

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Please Don't Feed the Children?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Destry Allyn Spielberg

Written by

Paul Bertino

Michelle Dockery

Michelle Dockery

Clara

Zoe Colletti

Zoe Colletti

Mary

Andrew Liner

Andrew Liner

Ben

Dean Scott Vazquez

Dean Scott Vazquez

Jeffy

Regan Aliyah

Regan Aliyah

Vicky

Joshuah Melnick

Joshuah Melnick

Seth

Emma Meisel

Emma Meisel

Crystal

Court is in session

Put Please Don't Feed the Children on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.