Village of the Damned

Movie

1960

1h 17m

English

Horror, Science Fiction

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7.4

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In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

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Village of the Damned

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1960

1h 17m

English

Horror, Science Fiction

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7.4

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Cast

Gordon Zellaby

Anthea Zellaby

David Zellaby

Alan Bernard

Dr. Willers

Harrington

Mrs. Harrington

Evelyn Harrington

James Pawle

Janet Pawle

Milly Hughes

Miss Ogle

Mrs. Plumpton

Vicar

P.C. Gobby

General Leighton

Edgar Hargraves

Professor Smith

Dr. Carlisle

Coroner

Nurse

Pilot

Lieutenant

WRAC Secretary

Sapper

Directed By: Wolf Rilla

Written By: Stirling Silliphant (Screenplay), John Wyndham (Novel), + 2 more

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siggi963 says...

2 months ago

This movie quickly became a classic of the genre and is a classic until today. For no apparent reason, all people in an English village become unconscious and when they awake, all women are pregnant. The children born from that event start quickly behaving strangely and threatening. Good suspense, good story.

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miguelreina says...

2 years ago

It achieves high doses of suspense in the description of the group of children conceived without parents, and it is as direct as it is concise, which contributes to its effectiveness. Unsurpassed by its remake or subsequent series, it is a clever science-fiction tale that has a pessimistic subtext about an emotionless society and insecure motherhood, using the referent of brood parasitism.

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moonkodi says...

7 years ago

Aged a lot in terms of excitement, suspense and horror. Nothing wrong with it. The characters didn't do anything for me. The children were silly but also eerie. Just wasn't my thing.

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CONTAINS SPOILERS7/10 5 years ago

I loved the creepy atmosphere of this film and the confluence of sub-genres, styles and topics that you can appreciate on it.
As it happens with many (almost all) of the horror/sci fi/thriller movies of the 50s and 60s, the film opens within a context o war or armed earlier response.
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