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Murder Drones: The Devil Child is a 2025 black horror comedy science-fiction animated film created by Liam Vickers alongside Luke and Kevin Lerdwichagul. Produced by Glitch Productions, with funding support from Screen Australia, Crunchyroll, AMD, and Epic Games, it acts as a prequel to the web series Murder Drones. The film sees Michael Kovach, Nola Klop, Shara Kirby, Allanah Fitzgerald, Steph Crothers and Cecelia Ramsdale reprise their roles from the web series, though David J.G. Doyle was replaced by Alex Rochon.
The film takes place primarily inside Elliott Manor, an aristocratic household of humans with Worker Drone servants. Production began after the end of the original web series, with original plans for the film to be a mini-series and act as an "Episode Zero", though the idea of it being feature-length was pitched by Kevin Lerdwichagul.
Cast[]
- Michael Kovach as N
- Nola Klop as V
- Shara Kirby as J
- Allanah Fitzgerald as Cyn
- Steph Crothers as Tessa Elliott and Katie
- Cecelia Ramsdale as Louisa Elliott
- Alex Rochon as James Elliott, replacing David J.G. Doyle due to Doyle no longer associating with Glitch Productions after the controversial removal of Celeste Notley-Smith.
- Jasmine Yang as Lord Frumptlebucket
Minor Characters[]
- Elsie Lovelock as Uzi Doorman: the main protagonist of the series.
- David J. Dixon as Khan Doorman
- Emma Breezy as Doll
- Caitlin Dizon as Lizzy
- Liam Vickers as The Teacher
- Sean Chiplock as Thad
Critical reception[]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating to the film, with an average rating of 9.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "Expanding on the fantastic formula that the original series had, Murder Drones: The Devil Child makes an arresting impression with its expansion on the backstory of the series." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 87 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled at PostTrak gave it a 96% overall positive score, with an astounding 100% saying they would "definitely recommend" it.