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The residents of a small English town pass out for 24 hours. Months later, all women of child-bearing age are found to be pregnant, eventually giving birth to blonde-haired children who possess super intellects, telepathic abilities, and an emotionless, amoral group mentality. Classic British sci-fi shocker "Village of the Damned" stars George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynne. Next, the 1963 follow-up "Children of the Damned," more of a remake than a sequel, follows the global controversy that erupts when six highly intelligent (and dangerous) super-children are discovered in various countries and brought to London for study. Ian Hendry, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke star. 166 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish.Amazon.com
What's scarier than scary kids? Village of the Damned is the definitive scary-kid classic, a truly unsettling film drawn from John Wyndham's novel The Midwich Cuckoos. The brilliant opening sequence depicts the sudden and temporary paralysis of a small English hamlet, which is followed by the town's women becoming mysteriously pregnant. The spawn of this occurrence are a dozen eerie, blond-headed children, who are either gifted, evil, or "the world's new people." A splendid outing, not least in the way it catches parental anxiety about this small new stranger in one's home. (It was remade by John Carpenter in 1995.)Children of the Damned follows up with a story about six more creepy kids, brought from all over the globe to huddle in a old church in London. An excellent opening half-hour gets bogged down in the movie's global-political ambitions (it's very much a cold war offering), but it has its share of shivery moments--the sight of the six youngsters striding down a London street as though they controlled the world is a chiller. But where's the blond hair? The two films are different in tone; Village feels like a fifties sci-fi offering, with an old-school star (George Sanders) and classical style; Children is a film of the sixties, with hipper techniques, urban setting, and young actors Ian Hendry and Alan Badel. But both have those damned kids. --Robert Horton
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