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- "The Village of the Damned", a fictional location from the 1998 videogame Of Light and Darkness: The Prophecy
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Oct 5, 2023 · The Village of the Damned is a psychological horror film that was released in It was directed by Wolf Rilla and is based on the novel “The Midwich Cuckoos” by John Wyndham. The film explores the mysterious events in a small British village.
Village of the Damned is a 1995 American science fiction - horror film directed by John Carpenter, written by David Himmelstein, and starring Christopher Reeve, Linda Kozlowski, Kirstie Alley, Michael Paré, Mark Hamill, and Meredith Salenger. It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name, itself based on the 1957 novel The Midwich Cuckoos ...
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Village of the Damned, British science-fiction film, released in 1960, that is noted for its unsettling story line about demonic children.
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Every resident of a small British village inexplicably—and simultaneously—falls asleep for hours. Months later it is discovered that all women of childbearing age are pregnant. They give birth to children with identical blonde hair and penetrating eyes. The children possess incredible intelligence, and they can read minds and bend others to their will. They are also completely emotionless. As the children grow, it becomes clear that they are not of this world and that their intentions are anything but benign.
The film—which was based on John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos (1957)—was controversial for its dealing with the subject of demonic virgin births. It was reportedly for this reason that actor Ronald Colman’s studio refused to allow him to play the lead role, which ultimately went to George Sanders. The young Martin Stephens, who portrayed the eeriest of the children, was highly praised for his performance, as were Sanders and Barbara Shelley. A sequel, Children of the Damned, was released in 1963. A 1995 remake of the original starred Christopher Reeve.
•Studio: MGM
•Director: Wolf Rilla
•Producer: Ronald Kinnoch
•Writers: Wolf Rilla, George Barclay, and Sterling Silliphant
•Music: Ron Goodwin
•Running time: 77 minutes
•George Sanders (Gordon Zellaby)
•Barbara Shelley (Anthea Zellaby)
•Martin Stephens (David Zellaby)
•Michael Gwynn (Alan Bernard)
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Apr 30, 2020 · The film is based on the original Village of the Damned (1960), which was, in turn, based on a novel by John Wyndham (The Midwich Cuckoos). Universal Pictures released Village of the Damned on April 28, 1995. It opened in 7th place on the weekend box office chart with an estimated $3.22 million.
Village of the Damned: Directed by John Carpenter. With Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Paré. A small town's women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.
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Oct 7, 2022 · Based on the book The Midwich Cuckoos, by John Wyndham—a man responsible for the fantastic Day of the Triffids, among others—Village of the Damned was originally written for an American setting, and during the three years it stayed in developmental was linked with lead actors such as John Lupton—someone mainly known for his forays in the ...
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
