The Veldt AKA The World the Children Made: In the House of Tomorrow, the Children Rule

The Hadley family lives in a fully automated Happylife Home, where machines cook, clean, and even soothe them to sleep. At the heart of the house is the nursery, a vast simulation chamber that turns a child's thoughts into vivid landscapes-but lately, George and Lydia Hadley have noticed that their children's minds keep returning to the same unsettling place: the African veldt, complete with lions, heat, and distant screams.

As the parents struggle to understand why Wendy and Peter are so fi...