Village of the Damned (1960)
In the small English village of Midwich everybody and everything falls into a deep, mysterious sleep for several hours in the middle of the day. Some months later every woman capable of child-bearing is pregnant and the children that are born out of these pregnancies seem to grow very fast and they all have the same blond hair and strange, penetrating eyes that make people do things they don't want to do. (imdb)
Genres: Sci-fi, Horror, Mystery
Directed By: Wolf Rilla
Written By: Wolf Rilla, Stirling Silliphant, John Wyndham, Ronald Kinnoch
Starring: George Sanders, Laurence Naismith, Michael Gwynn, Martin Stephens, Barbara Shelley, Richard Warner
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Village of the Damned belongs to 19 collections
1. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 23 stars)
2. Based On A Book (public: moderated by Spunkie - 9 stars)
3. Edgar Wright 1000 Favorite Movies (Aug 2016) (public: moderated by Aron Ericson - 8 stars)
4. Remade (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 2 stars)
5. Reddit Horror Club (public: moderated by RoyalB - 2 stars)
6. Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments (public - 1 star)
7. Cinemag's Best Sci-fi Films (public: moderated by hristos - 1 star)
8. Evil children (public)
9. Versátil Home Video (public: moderated by sdenka)
10. Wyndham, Kneale, Christopher, James and Their Descendants (public: moderated by Fenius)
11. Horror (private: fruititself - 4 stars)
12. "Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (private - 3 stars)
13. Movies that are not the only film adaptation of a book/play (private: EbelC - 1 star)
14. us-tv McD 101 Horrors (private: timxyz)
15. Cinetheque (private: sdenka)
16. Peliculas que tengo (private: escarta)
17. Filmspotting Ratings Project: Week 36 (private: PeaceAnarchy)
18. Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies (private: coldesser)
19. Edgar 256 (private: caffe)
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Darren | 50 26% |
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There was a simpsons episode based on this that was also not good.
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| Sep 07, 2017 | djalminho | 77 85% |
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saudade | 10 1% |
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The pacing is hellish.
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| Aug 26, 2017 | kupfertj | 66 41% |
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coutinho | 75 55% |
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The build-up much succeeds the finish.
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| Mar 27, 2017 | caffe | 68 38% |
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A lot of great ideas in this horror movie, which unfortunately could have been a lot better had it expanded further on some of them instead of finishing it all in a too brisk 78 minutes. After some fantastic buildup in the first half, the finale feels a bit like you got cheated.
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NBD Rab | 80 63% |
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caiman | 87 85% |
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Grabbed me from the opening scene. It gets its point across concisely and effectively, never overstaying its welcome. The script is intelligent, with the characters asking the same logical questions as the audience. The kids, with their glowing eyes and bizarrely mature affect, are creepy as hell. And it's a surprisingly dark movie, given its age. The shotgun scene was pretty disturbing. This is one of the better early 60s horror movies.
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| Nov 27, 2015 | coroner | 70 66% |
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| Oct 27, 2015 | senorroboto | 85 54% |
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monclivie | 35 6% |
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Great premise and I really wanted to like it, but then.. wtf.. ridiculous. These children look like "wtf i just born, let's flush it now", not "what a splendid mind, let's take a look. murders? oh, give me one more year, just one".
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laika | 75 61% |
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schwabe | 78 39% |
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xanderbisc | 50 47% |
| Feb 25, 2015 | janus | 80 76% |
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A lot goes unexplained, and probably for the better; what's hinted at is pretty ridiculous. Its characters try hard to be objective about things, lending a science-fictional quality to what's otherwise pretty straight horror. Excellent photography, direction, music; in particular the beginning and the end of the film take it from good to great. The dubbing of the lead child sounds silly but apparently that was actually his voice.
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| Feb 22, 2015 | Groooan | 30 62% |
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| Jan 26, 2015 | Yunus | 55 18% |
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sebby | 70 66% |
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Dated storytelling but still creepy and effective.
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i do have a soft spot for 60s horror, but this one builds its tension well. taut storyline with a good conclusion. not much more you can ask for!
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Satan had thousands of years to come up with a plan and this was the best he could do?
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| Oct 28, 2013 | Moo555 | 70 62% |
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MadMan | 90 66% |
| Oct 23, 2013 | damil | 70 67% |
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The film starts off quite intriguingly, but takes a little while to get to what it's actually about. It has a pretty cool science-fiction story, even though it has some pacing issues. It's a very slow burn, and then the climax kind of comes out of nowhere. Still, I enjoyed it and I'd recommend it to genre fans. The children are definitely creepy.
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| Oct 21, 2013 |  |
geoffe | 90 19% |
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PeaceAnarchy | 83 72% |
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A bit simplistic in terms of plot development, but it's certainly very effective at being creepy. The effects are a good example of less is more.
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those DAMN kids.
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These kids are as mean as fashionistas. Flick`s okay because it doesn't try to overdo it with the scary. Too bad the plot doesn't really thicken and the music is really bad.
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mattburgess | 62 36% |
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Village of the Damned is "a'ight"; the kids are a little creepy, but the film itself is rather sluggish and uninteresting.
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timxyz | 6 42% |
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| Jan 21, 2012 | JohnnyHarker | 5 33% |
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| Jan 12, 2012 | Brettster | 100 75% |
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loose_bowels | 75 58% |
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| Nov 28, 2011 | soybomb42 | 81 46% |
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Not to be confused with "The Children of the Damned" or Disney's "That Damned Village".
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avgcrtckr | 64 74% |
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84.000
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| Oct 24, 2011 | DethRabbit3K | 87 74% |
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Thoroughly creepy.
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dustin | 80 76% |
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MrsEmmaPeel | 72 32% |
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EbelC | 60 48% |
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