Children of the Corn knew it, Village of the Damned knew it, tons of other movies knew it too and now a new series called The Whispers knows it too.
Sometimes all you need to brighten your day is a story about creepy, psycho kids and the psycho *bleep!* they get up to.
The Whispers premieres on M-Net this Friday (28 August) at 19h30 and delivers on this bigtime. I've seen some of the episodes and I'd highly recommend catching it if you enjoy getting freaked out by the dangerous stares of small children lisping stuff like: "Where isth my friend Drill?"
Here's a synopsis to fill you in:
The Whispers is a sci-fi series developed by Soo Hugh from the 1951 Ray Bradbury short story "Zero Hour", in which a series of accidents occurs around children, who all communicate with the same invisible and seemingly imaginary friend called Drill.
We love to play games with our children. But what happens when someone else starts to play with them too? Someone we don't know. Can't see. Can't hear. In The Whispers, someone - or something - is manipulating the ones we love most to accomplish the unthinkable.
In America's centre of political power, Washington D.C., several kids have been talking about their imaginary friend. What the parents don't know is this friend is not as imaginary as they assume.
And when the mysterious games they play turn dangerous, FBI child specialist Claire Bennigan is called in to investigate. Is this just a case of children being led down the wrong path? Or is it something far more unsettling... as she searches for the answer.
Halfway across the world, in the middle of the Sahara Desert, Defense Department operative Wes Lawrence unearths a strange, haunting geological phenomenon. Are these mysteries connected?
The answer will force them all to face their greatest fear. That perhaps the enemy... is already in their homes.
As the clock counts down, it's a suspenseful race to save not only their families, but the world. Before it's too late.
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