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Village of the Damned (1960)
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Release Date:
7 December 1960 (USA)
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What Demonic Force Lurks Behind Those Eyes? more
Plot:
In the English village of Midwich, the blond-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination
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Oam + 31 Days of Horror: Blood of the Vampire
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Brick wall, brick wall
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | George Sanders | ... | Gordon Zellaby |
| Barbara Shelley | ... | Anthea Zellaby |
| Martin Stephens | ... | David Zellaby |
| Michael Gwynn | ... | Alan Bernard |
| Laurence Naismith | ... | Doctor Willers |
| Richard Warner | ... | Harrington |
| Jenny Laird | ... | Mrs. Harrington |
| Sarah Long | ... | Evelyn Harrington |
| Thomas Heathcote | ... | James Pawle |
| Charlotte Mitchell | ... | Janet Pawle |
| Pamela Buck | ... | Milly Hughes |
| Rosamund Greenwood | ... | Miss Ogle |
| Susan Richards | ... | Mrs. Plumpton |
| Bernard Archard | ... | Vicar |
| Peter Vaughan | ... | P.C. Gobby |
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77 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:12 (re-rating) (2005) |
UK:A (original rating) |
West Germany:16 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Unrated
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The eerie effect of the children's glowing eyes was created by matting a negative (reversed) image of their eyes over the pupils when they used their powers.
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Revealing mistakes: Just before the credits, there's a long crane shot which ends in the trees. It's obvious that the crane snagged a branch on its way up, because a branch suddenly snaps into the frame. They follow the shot with a brief view of other branches waving around, as though to cover the mistake...but the first branch was *not* blowing in the wind.
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Prof. Gordon Zellaby: [on telephone] Good morning. Uh, would you get me Major Bernard at his Whitehall number? Thank you.
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Prof. Gordon Zellaby: [on telephone] Good morning. Uh, would you get me Major Bernard at his Whitehall number? Thank you.
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Referenced in Silent Hill (2006)
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How is "Children of the Damned" related to "Village of the Damned"?Why was the title changed to "Village of the Damned"?
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This classic low budget, black and white film is right up there with the best of the sci-fi/horror movies of the time. It appears that it was shot on a very low budget ($300,000), thus no special effects beyond the superimposed glowing eyes of the children and the burning house at the end (not much of an effect). But it became a real moneymaker and a cult developed around it. They went on to make a sequel which doesn't live up to the original.
The cast, though limited, is quite good. The ever sophisticated, urbane, George Sanders as the scientist; Barbara Shelley from Hammer films as his wife; and little Martin Stephens as David, putative offspring of Shelley and Sanders. This kid is evil personified and does a bang-up job for such a youngster.
The story involves the village of Midwich and the birth of 12 children fathered in a very strange way that is never totally explained, who are intellectual giants with one purpose.....take over the world. Should they be destroyed or studied?....that's the problem facing Sanders and the government. Sanders comes to the inevitable conclusion and because they can read his thoughts, he must think of a brick wall in order to mask his intent. The ending, although not surprising is still effective.
This film is a keeper and is recommended to all those who like their films straight to the point without all the special effects and computer generated action. It's minimal with maximum punch.