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Plot: A small town is threatened by the supernatural forces the local schoolchildren mysteriously obtain.
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MCT:May 13, 2008If you are paranoid about exceptionally smart children with poorly fitting white wigs and eerily glowing eyes, then this is the movie for you. If you like 1950's style sci-fi/horror that hints of Red Scare paranoia then this one is also for you. For the rest of us the Village of the Damned is beautifully shot in glorious black and white with a wonderful cast and a slow brooding plot. I highly recommend this one.
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MCT:April 28, 2008
Totally awesome! I know this may be one of the most easily parodied films of all time, but imitation is the greatest form of flattery. The film plays itself out like one long episode of the Twilight Zone. Although it may be hopelessly far-fetched and undoubtedly bizarre, it was a creepy, campy, well put together, and thoroughly enjoyable movie.
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MCT:March 7, 2008
I was very excited to watch this movie, but it was a let down. If only the creepy children would have had a bigger horror role this movie could have been better.
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MCT:February 28, 2008I still don't get how a simple bowl haircut on blond haired small children can end up being so creepy.
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MCT:February 16, 2008
An offbeat and interesting British scifi chiller, with genuinely unsettling alien kids, slightly let down for me by the brick wall imagery and sudden ending. But overall worth the time.
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MCT:February 4, 2008
`Village of the Damned' is loyally adapted from John Wyndham's novel `The Midwich Cuckoos'. Throughout the whole film, you don't get much explanation and, as a viewer, you're forced to guess at the mystery's origin. Although highly unlikely, the events in Midwich really are alarming and make you feel uncomfortable. This effect is reached through solid tension and macabre atmosphere much more than through special effects. The eerily lit eyes of the ?children' are the only real effects. This is an absolute masterpiece of paranoia, sci-fi style. The acting is superb, especially by the late and under-appreciated George Sanders, whose compassion and intellect sets the tone for this quiet and somewhat sad little tale. Barbara Shelley as Sanders loving wife is sweet and totally believable. Indeed, the townsfolk are all very realistic and approachable, kind and simple folk who don't really deserve the wrath of the spooky children who have invaded their small town. Filmed in moody black and white, this movie creeps along with all the menacing stealth of a thick London pea souper. This is an intelligent horror film which deserves better attention.
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MCT:December 17, 2007
Sci-fi/horror classic that serves as an allegory for the seek of perfection (read nazism) and the consequences it brings. a lot of creepy moments and a very skillful montage in the final scenes.
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MCT:August 9, 2007I love this film!!! I cant not stress this I saw it when I was six and in bed and I went to bed scared shitless! Brilliant! I did see the remake and its not as good but its up there.
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MCT:July 5, 2007
I'm shocked by how creepy this was. It takes a lot more usually to get to me. Not bad. And I don't like old movies, even.
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MCT:June 26, 2007
The movie just avoids being campy and the kids in this one are really pretty creepy. And how can you not like George Sanders?
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MCT:May 21, 2007Classic british sci fi based on The Midwich Cuckoos in which the children of a small town suddenly develop supernatural powers and start behaving as one. A little dated, but it still has it's spooky moments and is initially intriguing.
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MCT:March 11, 2007
Superb modern horror/sci fi movie based on John Wyndham's novel THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS. A vertiable antidote to all those cutesy kids that have overtaken our screens in the last decade or two.
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MCT:October 18, 2006
Eerie horror thriller with the most downright creepy children to ever appear on film. Check it out.
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MCT:June 14, 2006
this is actually pretty creepy. ha villiage of the damned - that's what me and my folks call the village we used to live in. it was full of scary children who hated us for being outsiders.
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