Troma is currently working on a restoration project for the film The Children, also known as The Children of Ravensback.

Directed by Max Kalmanowicz and produced Carlton J. Albright, the movie was theatrically released in 1980. The Children played on about 2,500 screens in the U.S. alone, becoming one of the biggest independent hits of the year. But, sadly, this excellent film has been all-but-forgotten by the mainstream masses today. Troma believes that film history, in the true spirit of independent art, merits preserving not only the Lawrence of Arabias or Ben Hurs, but also the lower-budget but important cinematic gems like The Children.

It is a truly chilling movie, involving busload of children that have been transformed into murderous zombies by radioactive gas. The little ghouls, impervious to harm, systematically destroy a New England town.

Troma will be releasing The Children on DVD this fall. Keep your eye on this space for updated information later this summer...