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Village of the Damned

1960 · 77 min

A quietly chilling, black-and-white tale of creeping unease, where polite children become a source of deep dread.

Tagline
What Demonic Force Lurks Behind Those Eyes?
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • fate
  • power
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, science fiction
Directed by
Wolf Rilla
Written by
Wolf Rilla, Stirling Silliphant, Ronald Kinnoch
Starring
George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael Gwynn, Laurence Naismith, Richard Warner, Jenny Laird, Sarah Long
Music
Ron Goodwin
Cinematography
Geoffrey Faithfull
Runtime
77 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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