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Village of the Damned
Overview
Gripping sci-fi thriller about an English village in which strangely emotionless children with genius I.Q.s are born after a mishap occurs. An excellent adaptation of John Wyndham's chilling novel. Sequel: "Children of the Damned."
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Wolf Rilla - Director
George Sanders
Barbara Shelley
Michael Gwynn
Laurence Naismith
John Phillips
Richard Vernon
Jenny Laird
Thomas Heathcote
Martin Stephens
Richard Warner
Details
- Format: Blu-ray
- Color Format: B&W
- UPC: 888574645366
- Genre: HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: July 2018
Movie Reviews
Synopsis:
For 10 hours, something -- or someone -- causes all the residents of a small British hamlet to black out. Shortly thereafter, several women end up pregnant, and the babies they give birth to have startling physical similarities: they're white-haired and frozen-faced, with formidable intellects and the ability to communicate telepathically. Soon, the adults in the village begin dying mysteriously and physicist Gordon Zellaby comes to the shocking realization that their offspring, led by his own beloved son, David, are causing this horror. And there's only one way to stop the demon-child and his brethren: he must kill them all -- including David.
Reviews:
"...Creepily adapted from a John Wyndham novel, VILLAGE was an unexpected hit..." - 12/04/1992 USA Today, p.3D
"[A]n eerie, atmospheric horror film..." - 08/08/2004 Los Angeles Times, p.E14
4 stars out of 5 -- "A precursor to ROSEMARY'S BABY and THE OMEN, Wolf Rilla's 1960 horror flick is a cult classic..." - 04/01/2006 Uncut, p.141
"[C]reepy....[This is] the original version of this now-classic thriller, which was adapted from John Wyndham's novel 'The Midwich Cuckoos.'" - 08/22/2013 Wall Street Journal
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