Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)
Another well directed, fascinating, atmospheric and intense Spanish masterpiece from N.I. Serrador (the director of
La residencia aka The House that Screamed...one of my favorites!). At least it deserved to rank on a high spot in the sub genre of Evil Children films. Absolutely loved it. But the most surprising part stroked me at the very start of this movie. It doesn't begin right off with its story. Instead, along with the opening title & credit it presents images of dead or dying children in concentration camps and war zones. A voice over tells us that in war and in disasters caused by humans, children are the greatest victims.
There, just after the WWII concentration camp report, comes some footage of Indo-Pakistan War of 1971...which also known as
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War! The war that gave our nation independence from the Pakistanis after fighting for the freedom for 9 months and losing lives of more than 3 million people including the terrible & unforgettable loss of those families & children. The footage used in the film were shocking, true & devastating and I wasn't expecting at all that I'd see them in a golden 70's horror film from Spain.
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